Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia and kernel support

["Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Thursday 15 June 2006 14:03, Sean wrote:

> > --------------------------------------------------- 0                
> > disable AGP
> >         1                 use NVIDIA's internal AGP support, if possible
> >         2                 use AGPGART, if possible
> >         3                 use any AGP support (try AGPGART, then NVIDIA's
> >                           AGP)
> >
> > If agpgart is compiled into the kernel, only 2 will work.
>
> My menuconfig still shows --- for the agp line, so based on my responses
> I still have it built in some where do to another dependency.
> Tried playing with some of the options, but still shows ---.
> I will look at it more.
>
> I guess nvidia's agp looks better then agpgart?
> I have not done anything in the X config o wht you mention above.
>

nope, it does not.

I don't even know, if nvidia-agp really supports amd64.

Just go with the inkernel agpgart. Nvidia even says, that you only should use 
nvidia-agpgart, if your chipset is not supported by inkernel drivers, but the 
nvidia driver.

Go with inkernel driver. It is the right choice.
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