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| 5 | <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
5 | <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
| 6 | <title>Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide</title> |
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| 24 | <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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| 26 | <license/> |
26 | <license/> |
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| 28 | <version>1.20</version> |
28 | <version>1.21</version> |
| 29 | <date>2006-02-17</date> |
29 | <date>2006-03-04</date> |
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| 31 | <chapter> |
31 | <chapter> |
| 32 | <title>Introduction</title> |
32 | <title>Introduction</title> |
| 33 | <section> |
33 | <section> |
| 34 | <body> |
34 | <body> |
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| 82 | <pre caption="Enabling MTRR"> |
82 | <pre caption="Enabling MTRR"> |
| 83 | Processor and Features ---> |
83 | Processor and Features ---> |
| 84 | [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support |
84 | [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support |
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85 | </pre> |
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87 | </body> |
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88 | </section> |
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89 | <section> |
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90 | <title>Arch-specific notes</title> |
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91 | <body> |
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93 | <impo> |
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94 | For x86 and AMD64 processors, the in-kernel driver conflicts with the binary |
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95 | driver provided by nVidia. If you will be compiling your kernel for these CPUs, |
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96 | you must completely remove support for the in-kernel driver as shown: |
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97 | </impo> |
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99 | <pre caption="Remove the in-kernel driver"> |
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100 | Device Drivers ---> |
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101 | Graphics Support ---> |
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102 | < > nVidia Framebuffer Support |
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103 | < > nVidia Riva support |
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104 | </pre> |
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106 | <p> |
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107 | A good framebuffer alternative is <c>VESA</c>: |
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108 | </p> |
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110 | <pre caption="Enable VESA support"> |
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111 | Device Drivers ---> |
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112 | Graphics Support ---> |
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113 | <*> VESA VGA graphics support |
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114 | </pre> |
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117 | Then, under "VESA driver type" select either <c>vesafb</c> or |
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118 | <c>vesafb-tng</c>: |
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119 | </p> |
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121 | <pre caption="Select framebuffer type"> |
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122 | ( ) vesafb |
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123 | (X) vesafb-tng |
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124 | </pre> |
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126 | <p> |
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127 | For more information, you can read up |
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128 | <path>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt</path> if you are using |
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129 | <c>vesafb</c> or look for your framebuffer documentation under |
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130 | <path>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/</path>. |
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131 | </p> |
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133 | </body> |
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134 | </section> |
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135 | <section> |
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136 | <title>Continuing with Kernel Configuration</title> |
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137 | <body> |
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| 87 | <p> |
139 | <p> |
| 88 | nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
140 | nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
| 89 | and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter |
141 | and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter |
| 90 | are the kernel modules. |
142 | are the kernel modules. |
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