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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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| 27 | <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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| 31 | <version>1.32</version> |
31 | <version>1.33</version> |
| 32 | <date>2007-07-22</date> |
32 | <date>2007-07-31</date> |
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| 34 | <chapter> |
34 | <chapter> |
| 35 | <title>Introduction</title> |
35 | <title>Introduction</title> |
| 36 | <section> |
36 | <section> |
| 37 | <body> |
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| 44 | been packaging their drivers, you will need to make some choices before you |
44 | been packaging their drivers, you will need to make some choices before you |
| 45 | install the drivers. |
45 | install the drivers. |
| 46 | </p> |
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| 48 | <p> |
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| 49 | Currently, there are two driver packages in the tree, though this will be |
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| 50 | reduced to just one package in the near future. The first, |
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| 51 | <c>nvidia-drivers</c>, contains the latest drivers from nVidia with support for |
49 | The <c>nvidia-drivers</c> package contains the latest drivers from nVidia with |
| 52 | <e>all</e> cards, with several versions available depending on how old your |
50 | support for <e>all</e> cards, with several versions available depending on how |
| 53 | card is. It uses an eclass to detect what kind of card you're running so that it |
51 | old your card is. It uses an eclass to detect what kind of card you're running |
| 54 | installs the proper version. The second package, <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c>, |
52 | so that it installs the proper version. |
| 55 | supports older cards. It is deprecated in favor of the all-inclusive |
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| 56 | <c>nvidia-drivers</c> package, which contains the same driver version(s). <b>Do |
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| 57 | not install <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c></b>; it's only kept in the tree to give |
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| 58 | its current users time to switch over to the new package. You should only use |
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| 59 | <c>nvidia-drivers</c>, as explained in the next chapter. |
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| 60 | </p> |
53 | </p> |
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| 62 | <note> |
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| 63 | Previously, Gentoo provided separate ebuilds for the nVidia kernel module |
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| 64 | (<c>nvidia-kernel</c>) and the X11 GLX libraries (<c>nvidia-glx</c>). These |
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| 65 | ebuilds have since been removed from the Portage tree in favor of |
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| 66 | <c>nvidia-drivers</c>. If you use <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c>, |
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| 67 | then you should migrate to the newer packages. |
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| 68 | </note> |
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| 70 | </body> |
55 | </body> |
| 71 | </section> |
56 | </section> |
| 72 | </chapter> |
57 | </chapter> |
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| 106 | <p> |
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| 107 | You can check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine which |
92 | You can check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine which |
| 108 | driver supports it at |
93 | driver supports it at |
| 109 | <uri>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/100.14.11/README/appendix-a.html</uri>. |
94 | <uri>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/100.14.11/README/appendix-a.html</uri>. |
| 110 | </p> |
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| 112 | <impo> |
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| 113 | The <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c> package is deprecated and should not be |
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| 114 | installed on a fresh system. Although it is a 71xx driver, the corresponding |
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| 115 | 71xx driver version found in <c>nvidia-drivers</c> should be used instead. |
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| 118 | </body> |
97 | </body> |
| 119 | </section> |
98 | </section> |
| 120 | </chapter> |
99 | </chapter> |
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| 453 | <p> |
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| 454 | nVidia also provides you with a settings tool. This tool allows you to monitor |
433 | nVidia also provides you with a settings tool. This tool allows you to monitor |
| 455 | and change graphical settings without restarting the X server and is available |
434 | and change graphical settings without restarting the X server and is available |
| 456 | through Portage as <c>media-video/nvidia-settings</c>. As mentioned earlier, it |
435 | through Portage as <c>media-video/nvidia-settings</c>. As mentioned earlier, it |
| 457 | will be pulled in automatically if you install |
436 | will be pulled in automatically if you install |
| 458 | <c>>=media-video/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09</c> with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set |
437 | <c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09</c> with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set |
| 459 | in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> or in <path>/etc/portage/package.use</path>. |
438 | in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> or in <path>/etc/portage/package.use</path>. |
| 460 | </p> |
439 | </p> |
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| 462 | </body> |
441 | </body> |
| 463 | </section> |
442 | </section> |
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