Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 and nvidia-drivers ==> Cannot switch to ttys or close X

[andrea <momesso.andrea@gmail.com>]

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On gio, 2008-03-13 at 21:38 +0100, Matthias Bethke wrote:
> As far as I've heard, all proprietary graphics drivers on Linux suck but
> NVidia's suck a little less. 
> I've had big stability problems as well
> with 169.09-r1 on an el-cheapo GeForce 7300 but 169.12 has been rock
> solid for about a week now. At the speed any modern chip runs at, I
> don't feel the need for any framebuffer tricksi any more

Well, I don't use any login manager, so when I close my X session I'd
like to be back in a working console.

This behavior also gives me problems in the hibernate/resume process,
because I cannot see what's really happening during that time.

> ---the console
> runs in regular 1980s VGA 80x25 text mode which is fine for the boot
> process, after that I use gnome-terminal in fullscreen mode which looks
> just like a framebuffer console but with full unicode support and
> everything.

I'm guessing if there is alternative driver that gives Nvidia 3D accel,
(like for ATI I can use radeon instead of fglrx).

I don't care too much about performance (no desktop 3D effects or
composite are needed) and I'm not a game player. BTW I'd like to have
applications requiring 3D (such as googleearth) just working.

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