From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PjdiT-0002u1-A7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:17:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0A5AE0B29; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:16:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806C9E0B29 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:16:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so6633948wyf.40 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:16:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=8OvBGd+cyALQP1ubhomFym24IRbW0kTNjviiNRIIfTc=; b=ofToBmKjkrnQxgU6gj7AwsGm4vIenrNGLwqiXjIXlGcLneHcPdIjMoIzq92CpKdZYe zfeIrdBsmkctRuFfFROScNnzX8mk+pKXX4bPrNSp5Nmc8GIziVPQAjm0nTxBwcVLzeUc /SNNJfM+HQWvJRMl052R0shBk9G7g7YW4H7so= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=sUenIlYl8HdHGNRLpgyA33reqVKQWoypOBzk8mkj+41XeSvEQDD5KBrag3fDZxje9f YxQMB+LGWRZHdoNmlK5WAoxDFb/vWAq1MYJ1WFn7fBk0bmPJFfnP9+DHMf07dCthNKcp mNrnmT8TVJAcBs+CXeX9BEnBrUerdiXnmJ7pw= Received: by 10.227.72.147 with SMTP id m19mr5201966wbj.131.1296418585717; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:16:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-215-42-107.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.215.42.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i80sm10370063wej.28.2011.01.30.12.16.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:16:24 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nVidia & nouveau on nVidia 8600M GT Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:16:51 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.37-ck; KDE/4.6.0; x86_64; ; ) References: <201101260054.42611.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <201101300809.24355.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: 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="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201101302216.51284.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3cf09202440a55ba8364a1a3663a480f Apparently, though unproven, at 16:26 on Sunday 30 January 2011, Allan Gottlieb did opine thusly: > On Sun, Jan 30 2011, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Happy news: > > > > Upgrading to KDE-4.6.0 fixed all the annoying issues below. > > Does this mean you are now running you nvidia graphics using the nouveau > driver? That is, not just testing nouveau, but using it essentially all > the time. No, I still use nvidia drivers for day to day work. I install and check out nouveau every now and again. Soryr. I should have re-read my mail and been more clear. The main issue I had with nvidia was that desktop effects raised the load and made the laptop run hot especially with blur effect. 4.6.0 fixed that and lets the machine perform acceptably. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com