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 1JbO1P-0000KN-O5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:41:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E1E4E03C9; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:41:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F5CCE03C9 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:41:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JXW00DYOCB1DQ00@l-daemon> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.148]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JXW007F5CB1QV20@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: from virgo.badcomputer.org ([68.148.98.184]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JXW0081CCB1ME60@l-daemon> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:13 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:11 -0600 From: darren kirby Subject: [gentoo-user] Non-portage nVidia driver install. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <200803171640.12055.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Organization: Badcomputer Org. Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 X-Archives-Salt: 0ee99899-25b1-43c4-b93a-b0082de28221 X-Archives-Hash: 4022812858e929d9a4c47464225aadac Hi all, I just built myself a brand new AMD64 system with an EVGA Geforce 9600GT. This vid card requires a newer version of nvidia drivers (171.06) than is available from portage, so I will have to install it manually. I am wondering if there are any gotchas I should keep in mind before installing it, as in, do I need to unmerge the current unsupported drivers? Should I use package provided? Will 'eselect opengl set nvidia' still work? Shall I just shut up and install it ;) Thanks for replies, -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list