Daniel,

Unmasking libdrm won't hurt a thing.  If you're already using modular x,
it's probably already installed in it's stable version.  You will need a few
things to get XGL running with NVidia's proprietary drivers, such as an
alpha version of Mesa, new versions of glitz and much more.  Checking out
the HOWTO_XGL page on gentoo-wiki.com will tell you exactly what you need to
install.

Just look at Hanno's overlay to see what you're putting on your computer.

On 7/1/06, Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, àÌÉ 1, 2006 10:10 pm, Bo ç&#65533;rsted Andresen wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 July 2006 21:00, Daniel Iliev wrote:
> >> Will this mask work for nvidia cards too?
> >
> > You really need to learn how to explain a question clearly... The libdrm
> > package in an overlay had no keywords. OP wanted to use it. That has
> nothing
> > to do with any particular graphics card... If you experience that any
> package
> > is masked by missing keyword then you can add '-* ~*' keywords to the
> > acceptable keywords for that package in /etc/portage/package.keywords.
> But
> > since masked by missing keyword means that the package is literally
> untested
> > on your arch it also means that noone can tell you if it will work as in
> > compile and be functional. It will just tell portage to portage that it
> is
> > okay to emerge it...
> >
> > --
> > Bo Andresen
> >
>
> First, thanks for the reply. I didn't know what "masked by missing
> keyword" means.
>
> Second, you're right about the the lack of clarity in my question. I'm
> sorry about
> that.
>
> Please, let me try to explain what I had in mind.
>
> ===correct me if I'm wrong===
> I think Nvidia cards do not work with DRI as all other cards, but they use
> their own
> glx and kernel drivers for direct rendering. So direct rendering manager
> [DRM]
> doesn't apply to NVidia's closed source drivers.
> ===correct me if I'm wrong===
>
> I want to emerge Xgl even it's considered to be unstable. So in this
> context my
> question was "(1) will unmasking libdrm break something, kick my dog...etc
> :) if
> merged together with nvidia's binary drivers and (2) is unmasking libdrm
> enough to
> install Xgl?"
>
> I really want to install Xgl very much. No matter if it is  unstable or if
> it has
> bugs. Please, help me.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
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>
>


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