[gentoo-amd64] Re: About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted.

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Frank Peters posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:36:29 -0500 as excerpted:

> On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:11:20 -0600
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> 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.

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