[gentoo-user] "nvidia-drivers" ebuild?

[gentoo-user] "nvidia-drivers" ebuild?

[Alan E. Davis]

I haven't noticed this ebuild before.  I am seeing a new ebuild in

   /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers

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)

|  RDEPEND="kernel_linux? ( virtual/modutils |
|         || ( x11-base/xorg-server virtual/x11 |
|         !>=x11-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"

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?

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?

Thanks,

Alan Davis
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Re: [gentoo-user] "nvidia-drivers" ebuild?

[Donnie Berkholz]

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Alan E. Davis wrote:
> I haven't noticed this ebuild before.  I am seeing a new ebuild in
> 
>   /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
> 
> 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="kernel_linux? ( virtual/modutils |
> |         || ( x11-base/xorg-server virtual/x11 |
> |         !>=x11-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"
> 
> 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


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Re: [gentoo-user] "nvidia-drivers" ebuild?

[thomas blomme]

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the new drivers solve the nvidia problems with newer kernels too

On 7/8/06, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> Alan E. Davis wrote:
> > I haven't noticed this ebuild before.  I am seeing a new ebuild in
> >
> >   /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
> >
> > 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="kernel_linux? ( virtual/modutils |
> > |         || ( x11-base/xorg-server virtual/x11 |
> > |         !>=x11-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"
> >
> > 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
>
>
>
>


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Van
Thomas Blomme

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