hi all,

i have gentoo installed on my old machine using the kernel-2.6.7
with a nvidia riva128 graphics.

there is a nvidia-kernel to emerge (which is explained in the
gentoo installation instructions, about 2MB) and there is also the
original driver from nvidia (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run,
about 8MB).

which should i use for my machine?


thx

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hot_rage

hot_rage wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i have gentoo installed on my old machine using the kernel-2.6.7
> with a nvidia riva128 graphics.
>
> there is a nvidia-kernel to emerge (which is explained in the
> gentoo installation instructions, about 2MB) and there is also the
> original driver from nvidia (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run,
> about 8MB).
>
> which should i use for my machine?

nvidia-kernel IS the driver from nvidia! the only difference is that if
you merge nvidia-kernel, you'll be merging 5332 or 5336 instead of the
latest driver which is 6111, because the 6111 driver is masked (not
tested yet) on a default gentoo installation.
the default driver that emerge chooses will work fine, but if you insist
on merging the latest, you'll have to unmask it by adding a line that
says "media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86" (assuming that your architecture
is x86) to the /etc/portage/package.keyword file.

hope this helps.

<snip>

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J.

Don Jvax <jvax@hotmail.com> wrote in news:climbp$sh$1
@bgsv5648.tk.mesh.ad.jp:
>> which should i use for my machine?
>
> nvidia-kernel IS the driver from nvidia! the only difference is that if
> you merge nvidia-kernel, you'll be merging 5332 or 5336 instead of the
> latest driver which is 6111, because the 6111 driver is masked (not
> tested yet) on a default gentoo installation.

ok thanks, but how comes the difference of about 6MB in size between the
two drivers?

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hot_rage

hot_rage wrote:
> Don Jvax <jvax@hotmail.com> wrote in news:climbp$sh$1
> @bgsv5648.tk.mesh.ad.jp:
>
>>>which should i use for my machine?
>>
>>nvidia-kernel IS the driver from nvidia! the only difference is that if
>>you merge nvidia-kernel, you'll be merging 5332 or 5336 instead of the
>>latest driver which is 6111, because the 6111 driver is masked (not
>>tested yet) on a default gentoo installation.
>
>
> ok thanks, but how comes the difference of about 6MB in size between the
> two drivers?
>
I am not sure but I guess because the latest driver contains more
features concerning new graphics chips like geforce 2, 3, 4, FX and 6
series, like TV-out, nview manager and stuff... you can check the
difference in features and supported chips on the website...

hth
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J.

hot_rage wrote:

> ok thanks, but how comes the difference of about 6MB in size between the
> two drivers?

The driver from the nvidia site is not suited for Gentoo.

It is not in portage, so why bother ?


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J

Where does the shit go ?