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 1PQndj-0006TH-EM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:02:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EE1FEE0ADD for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 21:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8F4CE0ADD for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:05:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQmk1-0004hr-QV for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:05:25 +0100 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:05:25 +0100 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:05:25 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies; GIT 25ed40d branch-testing) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6732880b-b1e2-4760-b39a-24f51fd1cef2 X-Archives-Hash: 4e8284158f8a38f9aac2a022b640b160 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: >=20 >=20 >> I do have nvidia video cards. I assume the nvidia-drivers package wil= l >> work fine with no-multilib? The way I am reading things it will but I >> do want drivers that work. >>=20 >>=20 > Don't forget about the stock nv driver that is supplied by Xorg. It ma= y > not have 3D acceleration but it will perform very well for most common > activities. Both work as no-multilib. >=20 > I set up my system in a way that allows me to start X with either the n= v > 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=20 in the past, mostly as a driver that can be run long enough for users to=20 get to the nVidia site and download the nVidia driver. However, they've=20 announced its deprecation, and that they won't be updating it any longer.= =20 Officially, nVidia says users can switch to the also unaccelerated vesa=20 driver if needed, but they don't mention the nouveau driver. The word is= ,=20 however, that the nouveau driver is already better than the nv driver and= =20 that distributions were starting to ship it anyway, to the point that it=20 really didn't make that much sense for nVidia to continue supporting the = nv=20 driver. So do consider switching, at least as you upgrade. It's probably not=20 ready to switch to for folks on 100% stable just yet, but as stable=20 upgrades, it should be. --=20 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman