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From: Nick Douma on 21 Apr 2010 14:30 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 06:04:01PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > I find it a bit more difficult to manage (if you change the kernel, you > need to recompile the driver again). IMHO that only depends on what Debian distro you use :P. I can live with logging in to the basic shell, running the .sh again and restarting kdm/gdm once every two or three months.
From: Ron Johnson on 21 Apr 2010 14:40 On 2010-04-21 13:04, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:44:38 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 2010-04-21 12:22, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >>> For GeForce 7600GS you have the following options: >>> >>> 1/ "nv" driver (only 2-D) >> Except that Nvidia deprecated this driver a few weeks ago... > > ... only for "newer" (fermi) cards ;-) Will they keep it current with X? [snip] > > I agree. I guess from now on nvidia will be pushing their own proprietary > drivers. It is blazingly fast, and narrows the code base they need to work on... >>> I am currently using option #2 for my GeForce 7600GS in Debian lenny >>> and works pretty well. >>> >>> >> I use #3 with a 7300GS in a mixed 32/64-bit environment (totally >> unsupported by Nvidia, but works like a charm). > > I find it a bit more difficult to manage (if you change the kernel, you > need to recompile the driver again). > Eh. I'm still running .31 from December. (Will soon be upgrading to .33, though.) -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCF458B.9040008(a)cox.net
From: Ron Johnson on 21 Apr 2010 14:40 On 2010-04-21 12:54, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-04-21 19:40 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 2010-04-21 12:31, Aioanei Rares wrote: >> [snip] >>> ....how 'bout nouveau? :-) >>> >> It's not up to snuff yet. > [snip] > be, it is already in good shape in sid. Note that it is still 2D only, > but it should be much better than the lame nv driver. > Interesting point. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCF44D2.4070709(a)cox.net
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom on 21 Apr 2010 15:50 Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:14:09 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > >> Further to my original post, it was and is my intention to use replace >> the internal graphics card with Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS card, which I >> have already but have yet to install. It will of course will use a >> different driver. In that case, does it really matter whether I have a >> driver for the Intel integrated graphics chipset, since it will be >> disabled when the new card is installed? > > No, it doesn't matter *unless* you want to use the Intel VGA. > > For GeForce 7600GS you have the following options: > > 1/ "nv" driver (only 2-D) > 2/ "nvidia" driver from Debian "contrib" and "non-free" sources > 3/ "nvidia" driver from nvidia website > 4/ VESA driver (not recommended) > > I am currently using option #2 for my GeForce 7600GS in Debian lenny and > works pretty well. > I use 3/ and 195.36.15 to drive 2 seats on 2 GeForce 6200 cards Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hqnkk8$mio$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom on 21 Apr 2010 16:00
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-04-21 13:04, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:44:38 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> On 2010-04-21 12:22, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >>>> For GeForce 7600GS you have the following options: >>>> >>>> 1/ "nv" driver (only 2-D) >>> Except that Nvidia deprecated this driver a few weeks ago... >> >> ... only for "newer" (fermi) cards ;-) > > Will they keep it current with X? > > [snip] >> >> I agree. I guess from now on nvidia will be pushing their own >> proprietary drivers. > > It is blazingly fast, and narrows the code base they need to work on... > >>>> I am currently using option #2 for my GeForce 7600GS in Debian lenny >>>> and works pretty well. >>>> >>>> >>> I use #3 with a 7300GS in a mixed 32/64-bit environment (totally >>> unsupported by Nvidia, but works like a charm). >> >> I find it a bit more difficult to manage (if you change the kernel, >> you need to recompile the driver again). >> > > Eh. I'm still running .31 from December. (Will soon be upgrading to > .33, though.) > So will I, as soon as it gets out of experimental Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hqnkqe$mio$2(a)dough.gmane.org |