From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ExRS2-0008EQ-GV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:06:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0DG6mWI008044; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:06:48 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0DG6lZs030602 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:06:47 GMT Message-Id: <200601131606.k0DG6lZs030602@robin.gentoo.org> Received: from lark.gentoo.osuosl.org ([140.211.166.177] helo=lark.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with smtp (Exim 4.54) id 1ExRRu-00008X-MO for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:06:46 +0000 Received: by lark.gentoo.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:06:46 +0000 From: "Xavier Neys" Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:06:46 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: nvidia-guide.xml Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 469f2960-ac6c-4e18-8053-bfd58be9392a X-Archives-Hash: a1b10c2117abe7a5319cfd7c7e54c66c neysx 06/01/13 16:06:46 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en nvidia-guide.xml Log: #116433 added warning about legacy drivers Revision Changes Path 1.21 +71 -15 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.21&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.21&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.20&r2=1.21&cvsroot=gentoo Index: nvidia-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.20 retrieving revision 1.21 diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 --- nvidia-guide.xml 25 Oct 2005 17:27:09 -0000 1.20 +++ nvidia-guide.xml 13 Jan 2006 16:06:46 -0000 1.21 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ M Curtis Napier + + Joshua Saddler + Many Gentooists have an nVidia chipset on their system. nVidia provides specific @@ -22,8 +25,8 @@ -1.16 -2005-10-25 +1.17 +2006-01-13 Introduction @@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ Configuring your Card
-Installing the Appropriate Drivers +Kernel Configuration

@@ -82,8 +85,8 @@

-nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: nvidia-glx -and nvidia-kernel. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter +nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: nvidia-glx +and nvidia-kernel. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter are the kernel modules.

@@ -127,10 +130,63 @@ # ln -snf linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r6 linux + +
+
+Optional: Check for Legacy Card Support + + + +Unfortunately, certain legacy video cards are not supported by the newer +versions of nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel. nVidia provides a list of supported cards. +Please check the list before installing the drivers. + + +

+The following is a list of unsupported legacy video cards: +

+ +
+TNT2
+TNT2 Pro
+TNT2 Ultra
+TNT2 Model 64 (M64)
+TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro
+Vanta
+Vanta LT
+GeForce 256
+GeForce DDR
+GeForce2 GTS
+GeForce2 Pro
+GeForce2 Ti
+GeForce2 Ultra
+GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics
+Quadro
+Quadro2 Pro
+Quadro2 EX
+
+ +

+If you own one of these cards, you will have to mask the newer versions of the +nVidia drivers, and install an older version: +

+ +
+# echo ">media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
+# echo ">media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r7" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
+
+ + +
+
+Installing the Appropriate Drivers + +

-Now it's time to install nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. Since -nvidia-glx depends on nvidia-kernel, installing nvidia-glx -is sufficient: +Now it's time to install nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. Since +nvidia-glx depends on nvidia-kernel, installing nvidia-glx +is sufficient. 

@@ -140,9 +196,9 @@
 
 Every time you compile a new
 kernel or recompile the current one, you have to run emerge
-nvidia-kernel to reinstall the nVidia modules. nvidia-glx is unaffected by
-a kernel change and doesn't even need to be rebuilt when you recompile/upgrade
-X.
+nvidia-kernel to reinstall the nVidia modules. nvidia-glx is
+unaffected by a kernel change and doesn't even need to be rebuilt when you
+recompile/upgrade X.
 
 
 

@@ -209,8 +265,8 @@
 
 

 Next, in section Screen, make sure that either the DefaultDepth
-directive is set to 16 or 24, or that you only have Display subsections 
-with Depth settings of 16 or 24. Without it, the nvidia-glx extensions 
+directive is set to 16 or 24, or that you only have Display subsections
+with Depth settings of 16 or 24. Without it, the nvidia-glx extensions
 will not start.
 

 
@@ -268,7 +324,7 @@

-To monitor your FPS, run glxgears. +To monitor your FPS, run glxgears.

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