From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IslF3-0007I1-7M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:23:13 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lAFKMv0m016723; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:22:57 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lAFKMunp016714 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:22:57 GMT Received: from stork.gentoo.org (stork.gentoo.org [64.127.104.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 510EF65CF2 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:22:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmorph by stork.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IslEl-0007om-4Q for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:22:55 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: nvidia-guide.xml Message-Id: From: Josh Saddler Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:22:55 +0000 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: 8d30e8ba-ef83-445e-937b-cc047a211a72 X-Archives-Hash: a6c7fc18e0b29c4c1656711e44630759 nightmorph 07/11/15 20:22:55 Modified: nvidia-guide.xml Log: updated nvidia guide with new driver version info Revision Changes Path 1.44 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.44&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.44&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?r1=1.43&r2=1.44 Index: nvidia-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.43 retrieving revision 1.44 diff -u -r1.43 -r1.44 --- nvidia-guide.xml 18 Aug 2007 08:40:52 -0000 1.43 +++ nvidia-guide.xml 15 Nov 2007 20:22:55 -0000 1.44 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ -1.34 -2007-08-18 +1.35 +2007-11-15 Introduction @@ -74,24 +74,24 @@

-Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 -series require the 96xx drivers. For these cards, you should mask ->=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9700 in your -/etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer versions of -the driver which are incompatible with your card from being installed. +Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x drivers. +For these cards, you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.00 in +your /etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer +versions of the driver which are incompatible with your card from being +installed.

Old NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) require the -older 71xx drivers (such as nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185). For these cards, -you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8700 in +older 71.x drivers (such as nvidia-drivers-71.86.01). For these cards, +you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-87.00 in /etc/portage/package.mask.

You can check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine which -driver supports it at -http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/100.14.11/README/appendix-a.html. +driver supports it by viewing the README at its appropriate x86 or x86-64 +release page.

@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ -The newer 100.x drivers can be installed with the gtk USE flag set. This -will install media-video/nvidia-settings, a handy graphical tool for -monitoring and configuring several aspects of your nVidia card. +The drivers can be installed with the gtk USE flag set. This will install +media-video/nvidia-settings, a handy graphical tool for monitoring and +configuring several aspects of your nVidia card. @@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ nVidia also provides you with a settings tool. This tool allows you to monitor and change graphical settings without restarting the X server and is available through Portage as media-video/nvidia-settings. As mentioned earlier, it -will be pulled in automatically if you install ->=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09 with the gtk USE flag set -in /etc/make.conf or in /etc/portage/package.use. +will be pulled in automatically if you install the drivers with the gtk +USE flag set in /etc/make.conf or in +/etc/portage/package.use.

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