Re: nv vs. nvidia
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi Debian!
Anybody knows what the differences are between the nv Xfree86 driver
(Sarge version) and the Nvidia closed source driver (I use 6111)?
I have used both and see little difference, except that with the former
I cannot get glx to work.
Thanks.
Hugo
The difference I noticed is in the XF86Config-4.conf:
1. I had to use modes to use 1280x1024, with Nvidia I don't.
2. I run two X servers for 2 displays, one on AGP TNT2 and one on PCI
MX-440. If I restart the second server, the character sizes change, from
"normal" to tiny. I can get them back to normal by restarting gdm.
The only errors I see:
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
And I think I have DRI, at least the log seems to indicate so, saying it
started the driver.
The package that got me this is: x-window-system 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8
which I get from the latest Sarge.
For the rest I notice no difference in speed, but I am no gamer, except
for the first race in tuxracer when I know I have glx.
Hugo
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