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 1SI53R-00027f-DT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:26:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B320E0EDF; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632FAE0EC1 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:22:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lban1 with SMTP id n1so1111174lba.40 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:22:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=qeOoZR5sa1QxH4UgZ7SlB0XvaeLbd93vUivseJ9nkaU=; b=f1E7bvcHn1ZsBIRRjeoJtYwb3bc3Dgr8S4x/YH7WGHvVUBZIQjTGW8JlDQeCpjlrZI /CLzTZj8K54RGA93bJKHtDIzUGK0q0e0ZfwTOVUtwUhhWiF/xmA70nbINMOP9P8aASgt LJwcjxuwlTQXUTESJep4rdXtxIHONGmvymcAAq0W6DptIzDZmQ6uU+poMtM0vRkjWAmw LcI/UqnZEgrLXs1pJODonveAlMnfKGBrO5MaX+VyYSCDi7Un3pfXqlhd/xesVDy/edtD uNrasUv2DJAqxqpDgMKptpSdbS6Lo7krMZKZFRIEtDw1IIAscimUgQZ03daSSxxOAO1s YeaQ== 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 Received: by 10.112.29.233 with SMTP id n9mr6871lbh.9.1334179325284; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.52.169 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.52.169 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:22:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120411211658.GA16678@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <4F85EBDA.3050605@xunil.at> <20120411211658.GA16678@badass.gateway.2wire.net> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:22:05 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau From: Alecks Gates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04016b03c0125f04bd6dd40f X-Archives-Salt: a95d8769-3ef5-44bb-a32a-5434fcbbd977 X-Archives-Hash: 86b85dbe124e8ecf4311f09fdeb26780 --f46d04016b03c0125f04bd6dd40f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The only reason I really use nvidia-drivers is because of VDPAU. Otherwise I can't watch HD videos on my media center. VDPAU works great, and I hope nouveau supports it or something equivalent eventually. Mythtv probably uses it, though that's just a guess. Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2 On Apr 11, 2012 5:17 PM, wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:38:50PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > > > Just being curious: > > > > I use my main workstation primarily for work. > > > > Ok, gnome3 needs some graphic acceleration, aside from that I can only > > think of the occasional mythfrontend running on my desktop. > > > > I consider to chose nouveau drivers instead of the > nvidia-drivers-package. > > > > What are your recommendations? > > > > Thanks, Stefan > > > > I use the nouveau drivers because they update themselves when you update > the > kernel, and there's less work involved in keeping everything up to date. > But > I can't comment on the nvidia drivers since I've never tried them. Nouveau > works well enough for me. > > Terry > > --f46d04016b03c0125f04bd6dd40f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The only reason I really use nvidia-drivers is because of VDPAU.=A0 Othe= rwise I can't watch HD videos on my media center.=A0 VDPAU works great,= and I hope nouveau supports it or something equivalent eventually.=A0 Myth= tv probably uses it, though that's just a guess.

Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2

On Apr 11, 2012 5:17 PM, <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:
<= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px= #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:38:50PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>
> Just being curious:
>
> I use my main workstation primarily for work.
>
> Ok, gnome3 needs some graphic acceleration, aside from that I can only=
> think of the occasional mythfrontend running on my desktop.
>
> I consider to chose nouveau drivers instead of the nvidia-drivers-pack= age.
>
> What are your recommendations?
>
> Thanks, Stefan
>

I use the nouveau drivers because they update themselves when you update th= e
kernel, and there's less work involved in keeping everything up to date= . But
I can't comment on the nvidia drivers since I've never tried them. = Nouveau
works well enough for me.

Terry

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