From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRMiA-0000gU-Kn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 431D3E041B; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 023CEE041B for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:49 +0000 (UTC) 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 946BE644EA for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmorph by stork.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LRMi8-00052E-8s for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:48 +0000 From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: nvidia-guide.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: nvidia-guide.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en X-VCS-Committer: nightmorph X-VCS-Committer-Name: Joshua Saddler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: Sender: Joshua Saddler Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:48 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e82fdcf3-ca34-4184-bc91-ae00dbfffd57 X-Archives-Hash: e70607b917a422fbd1f1d3eced04278a nightmorph 09/01/26 08:20:48 Modified: nvidia-guide.xml Log: update nvidia guide for new driver support for geforce 5 cards, bug 242= 308 Revision Changes Path 1.47 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvid= ia-guide.xml?rev=3D1.47&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvid= ia-guide.xml?rev=3D1.47&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvid= ia-guide.xml?r1=3D1.46&r2=3D1.47 Index: nvidia-guide.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.46 retrieving revision 1.47 diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 --- nvidia-guide.xml 14 Sep 2008 05:12:23 -0000 1.46 +++ nvidia-guide.xml 26 Jan 2009 08:20:48 -0000 1.47 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + =20 @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ =20 -1.37 -2008-09-13 +1.38 +2009-01-26 =20 Introduction @@ -69,21 +69,27 @@

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-Newer cards such as the GeForce 8, 7, 6, and FX 5 series should use the = newer -drivers from the 100.x series. +Newer cards such as the GeForce 9, 8, 7, and 6 series should use the lat= est +drivers.

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-Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x d= rivers. +Older cards such as the GeForce FX 5 series should use the 173.x drivers= , such +as nvidia-drivers-173.14.15. For these cards, you should mask +>=3Dx11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-174.00 in your +/etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer ver= sions of +the driver which are incompatible with your card from being installed. +

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+Old cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x dri= vers. For these cards, you should mask >=3Dx11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.00= in -your /etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newe= r -versions of the driver which are incompatible with your card from being -installed. +your /etc/portage/package.mask file.

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-Old NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) require= the -older 71.x drivers (such as nvidia-drivers-71.86.01). For these c= ards, +The oldest NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) = require the +71.x drivers (such as nvidia-drivers-71.86.01). For these cards, you should mask >=3Dx11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-87.00 in /etc/portage/package.mask.