From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PQqRq-0006Ij-Mh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:02:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 19CB6E09FA for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD81E0B1F for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:22:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws8 with SMTP id 8so2124513vws.40 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:22:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nhfQIyGQM4OHoNxnbidohMi63860P7HWo1B25yFP6m4=; b=N08Uzu/tS5eNxf7UNHwhBXySYvDXw/FaeCkJONDrOlmc2LvwWIkXSp1BXGmuesWNMi AbmCMOOIKuRLviGtNP3SGrUdx9kKZzUlgfgE0tKu2a4wO0dVQtqqAMl5ut91cRfE7NAb hEGrirYAXjMJKrMoHrnqedtvaCs5feBtaa/n4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZbjcZ12CnaM0P3n2yYwFdaiEwk+r/5HyH3FcwPMeRbyQvOES0sJhleOrx4QkQv4RJp SvZiX3NYiGWnjpmEUK8VUBMHFUlXkMVCPQaWjl7m9Xw9Ia++ViLoF5QghqpHHmI9lr+z oSCGxMdgmkPMIr3HbqBVjRi/U45UtZiVZ/1lA= Received: by 10.220.181.132 with SMTP id by4mr2771073vcb.151.1291936949446; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:22:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-133-127.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.133.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e16sm651538vcm.8.2010.12.09.15.22.27 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:22:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0164B1.9050008@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:22:25 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <20101208180344.eefa3254.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4D002218.9060302@gmail.com> <4D007308.9090101@gmail.com> <20101209103629.c0a8e26b.frank.peters@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f946e242-c04b-4e64-82d6-e115d3842131 X-Archives-Hash: 3600444e853c588fb25d91cc17afeea2 Duncan wrote: > Frank Peters posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:36:29 -0500 as excerpted: > > >> On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:11:20 -0600 >> Dale wrote: >> >> >> >>> I do have nvidia video cards. I assume the nvidia-drivers package will >>> work fine with no-multilib? The way I am reading things it will but I >>> do want drivers that work. >>> >>> >>> >> Don't forget about the stock nv driver that is supplied by Xorg. It may >> not have 3D acceleration but it will perform very well for most common >> activities. Both work as no-multilib. >> >> I set up my system in a way that allows me to start X with either the nv >> or the proprietary nvidia driver. For normal activities, which is most >> of the time, I use nv, but there are some occasions when I require the >> full power of the proprietary nvidia. >> > FWIW and heads-up: The nv driver has been partially supported by nVidia > in the past, mostly as a driver that can be run long enough for users to > get to the nVidia site and download the nVidia driver. However, they've > announced its deprecation, and that they won't be updating it any longer. > Officially, nVidia says users can switch to the also unaccelerated vesa > driver if needed, but they don't mention the nouveau driver. The word is, > however, that the nouveau driver is already better than the nv driver and > that distributions were starting to ship it anyway, to the point that it > really didn't make that much sense for nVidia to continue supporting the nv > driver. > > So do consider switching, at least as you upgrade. It's probably not > ready to switch to for folks on 100% stable just yet, but as stable > upgrades, it should be. > > I'll keep that in mind. I have heard of the driver but been waiting on it to "develop" some more. It looks to me like nvidia would just give out some specs and let the community do it. They could always tell them what they can't release publicly to keep the competition from getting a heads up. I have a fellow Gentooer that sent me a video card. The word snail mail is coming to mind. With the holidays and all, it may be next week before it gets here. I went to a local puter shop and picked up a used ATI card to do the install with. I'm going to run memtest and such first anyway. I just hope this card will work well enough for this. I have never used a ATI card before. If it can put text on the screen for me, I'm happy. Funny thing is, the guy shipped the video card two or three days before Newegg shipped the DVD drive. UPS will be here very shortly with the DVD drive. lol I told you snail mail was coming to mind here. lol Hoping to get started here shortly. Dale :-) :-)