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* [gentoo-user] glx & dri fail to load for nv
@ 2010-05-15  3:31 Grant
  2010-05-15  4:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Grant @ 2010-05-15  3:31 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: Gentoo mailing list

I'm seeing tearing from the nv xorg driver.  I think it's because the
glx and dri modules are failing to load, and I think that's because
I'm missing a kernel option or two.  Can anyone tell me what I might
be missing in the kernel for an Nvidia card?

BTW, the proprietary nvidia driver works great but I'd like to get nv
working too.

- Grant



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* [gentoo-user] Re: glx & dri fail to load for nv
  2010-05-15  3:31 [gentoo-user] glx & dri fail to load for nv Grant
@ 2010-05-15  4:27 ` Nikos Chantziaras
  2010-05-15  6:15   ` Grant
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nikos Chantziaras @ 2010-05-15  4:27 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 05/15/2010 06:31 AM, Grant wrote:
> I'm seeing tearing from the nv xorg driver.  I think it's because the
> glx and dri modules are failing to load, and I think that's because
> I'm missing a kernel option or two.  Can anyone tell me what I might
> be missing in the kernel for an Nvidia card?
>
> BTW, the proprietary nvidia driver works great but I'd like to get nv
> working too.

A bit off-topic, but nv is dead upstream (NVidia dropped it).  You might 
want to look into the Nouveau open source driver if you have hardware 
supported by it (it even supports 3D):

   http://nouveau.freedesktop.org

It's better than the crappy "nv" driver by orders of magnitude.




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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glx & dri fail to load for nv
  2010-05-15  4:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
@ 2010-05-15  6:15   ` Grant
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Grant @ 2010-05-15  6:15 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

>> I'm seeing tearing from the nv xorg driver.  I think it's because the
>> glx and dri modules are failing to load, and I think that's because
>> I'm missing a kernel option or two.  Can anyone tell me what I might
>> be missing in the kernel for an Nvidia card?
>>
>> BTW, the proprietary nvidia driver works great but I'd like to get nv
>> working too.
>
> A bit off-topic, but nv is dead upstream (NVidia dropped it).  You might
> want to look into the Nouveau open source driver if you have hardware
> supported by it (it even supports 3D):
>
>  http://nouveau.freedesktop.org
>
> It's better than the crappy "nv" driver by orders of magnitude.

That's great!  I'll ask the Nouveau list about VDPAU support.

- Grant



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