From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Fz7dD-0001ql-Jx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:53:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k687p2qm006926; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 07:51:02 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k687e1mD025502 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 07:40:01 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.105] (c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.150.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08F364930 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 07:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <44AF614D.5090802@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:39:57 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "nvidia-drivers" ebuild? References: <7bef1f890607072007p38796870ub1c3c6be204909cf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890607072007p38796870ub1c3c6be204909cf@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7F3460852243F11B2445C7A9" X-Archives-Salt: 91af4a5d-cb21-412c-ae46-e17b57ce6a32 X-Archives-Hash: 35c3d4960a81d5c3cbc57ed5157a8b80 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7F3460852243F11B2445C7A9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alan E. Davis wrote: > I haven't noticed this ebuild before. I am seeing a new ebuild in >=20 > /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers >=20 > Can someone explain this? I can only hope this is the end of a long > and troubling issue with xorg and nvidia-kernel. ???? I fear not, > however: (I am running with ~amd64) The nvidia driver maintainers decided to switch them to a single ebuild, since it matches how they're distributed and makes a number of issues easier related to maintainance, FreeBSD drivers and, for users, version mismatches between kernel module and userland driver. Also note the new nvidia-legacy-drivers package for older cards, so you don't need to fiddle around with package.mask anymore. > | RDEPEND=3D"kernel_linux? ( virtual/modutils | > | || ( x11-base/xorg-server virtual/x11 | > | !>=3Dx11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 > | || ( media-libs/mesa virtual/x11 ) > | app-admin/eselect-opengl > | kernel_linux? ( !media-video/nvidia-kernel ) > | kernel_FreeBSD? ( !media-video/nvidia-freebsd ) > | !app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-nvidia > | !x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers > | !media-video/nvidia-glx" >=20 > Maybe I just didn't notice this before? I think not, however. I have > found a couple of messages on the forum referring to nvidia-drivers as > a new replacement (??) for nvidia-kernel/nvidia-glx. Does this mean a > major xorg downgrade? No binary drivers currently exist for use with xorg 7.1, so you'll need to downgrade xorg-server to 1.0.x and any drivers (`emerge portage-utils && qlist -I x11-drivers/`) if you want binary drivers. That's what's holding 7.1 from being marked stable on x86 and amd64. > I have nvidia drivers and glx working pretty well, with only very > minimal redrawing issues maybe two or three times over the last 24 > hours. Should one avoid any upgrade, or what? If so, HOW? Uninstall nvidia-* and install nvidia-drivers. Thanks, Donnie --------------enig7F3460852243F11B2445C7A9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEr2FNXVaO67S1rtsRAn+qAKCu1+xdJmDw+8MrTUrJqZZLxALKPACeJSUH bIHOo+eiVDTxdnfjEtBR3Jo= =7lTb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7F3460852243F11B2445C7A9-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list