From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:27:03 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2012.03.20.18.27.03@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20120320000306.aacea86d.frank.peters@comcast.net
Frank Peters posted on Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:06 -0400 as excerpted:
> Actually, until recently, I was very happy using the legacy open source
> xorg nvidia driver known simply as as "nv." It is still available in
> Gentoo as x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv.
>
> Since I do not do gaming or other intensive graphic activities, I could
> get by nicely with just nv. However, the nv driver does not seem to
> support the latest hardware too well.
FWIW, the old nv driver is legacy, now, and won't be supporting new
hardware. AFAIK older hardware should be switching as well, for support
with current software, as nv won't be updated for that any longer, either.
The same thing happened to it as happened to nvidia's proprietary network
driver some years ago; pretty much everyone involved, including the
distros that used to ship nv and nvidia itself, seems to have recognized
that the reverse-engineered work is now better than nvidia's basic
freedomware stub driver, nv, and nouveau has officially taken its place.
--
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-20 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-19 16:12 [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers Frank Peters
2012-03-19 16:35 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-19 19:05 ` Frank Peters
2012-03-19 19:16 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-19 19:30 ` Frank Peters
2012-03-19 20:08 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-19 20:25 ` Paul Hartman
2012-03-19 19:14 ` Cheng Renquan
2012-03-19 19:17 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-19 21:28 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-19 21:40 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-20 0:34 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-20 4:03 ` Frank Peters
2012-03-20 6:20 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-20 18:31 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2012-03-20 18:27 ` Duncan [this message]
2012-03-22 16:03 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Mark Knecht
2012-03-22 18:41 ` Frank Peters
2012-03-22 18:58 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-22 21:18 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-22 21:21 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-22 21:32 ` Outside of portage (was Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers) Barry Schwartz
2012-03-22 23:04 ` Paul Hartman
2012-03-22 23:28 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-22 23:33 ` Harry Holt
2012-03-23 8:42 ` Benny Pedersen
2012-03-23 13:50 ` Harry Holt
2012-03-23 0:14 ` Gary E. Miller
2012-03-23 1:30 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-23 1:56 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-23 4:05 ` [gentoo-amd64] Re: Outside of portage (was " Duncan
2012-03-23 12:41 ` Outside of portage (was Re: [gentoo-amd64] " Frank Peters
2012-03-23 15:49 ` Barry Schwartz
2012-03-23 18:09 ` Dale
2012-03-23 18:28 ` [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers Mark Knecht
2012-03-23 19:11 ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-24 0:20 ` Frank Peters
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