From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net ([216.254.0.205]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15qN89-0002rR-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:14:45 -0600 Received: (qmail 50137 invoked from network); 7 Oct 2001 23:15:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO yde.flatmonk.org) ([66.92.103.162]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 7 Oct 2001 23:15:26 -0000 Received: from agriffis by yde.flatmonk.org with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 15qN8n-0000x6-00 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2001 18:15:25 -0500 From: Aron Griffis To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] new nvidia ebuild Message-ID: <20011007181525.C20363@yde.flatmonk.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org References: <20011006091814.C6132@cvs.gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011006091814.C6132@cvs.gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sun Oct 7 17:15:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 18:15:25 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: a4e67cd0-e633-4417-b351-fcd186a59d04 X-Archives-Hash: d3ba3f53b862f5a921260b59fde18769 Hi Daniel, Daniel Robbins wrote: [Sat Oct 06 2001, 10:18:14AM EST] > This ebuild contains the latest accelerated nvidia drivers and OpenGL > 1.2 implementation, as well as a devfs patch. To use them, exit X, > emerge this package, and then configure /etc/X11/XF86Config > appropriately (basically just change the "Device" "driver" setting to > "nvidia"). Then load the NVdriver kernel module, start X and you > should have very fast, rock-solid accelerated video under XFree86. I don't have an nvidia card, but this ebuild brings up an interesting question. I have attempted to emerge glibc a couple times, only to have it bomb out at the end because I was currently running X. Couldn't these ebuilds test for X before actually starting unpack/compile? Aron