Re: xorg 1.3 breaks 9755? (was Re: X11 display terribly slow after upgrade)
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On 04/22/07 15:58, Joe Hart wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 04/22/07 14:16, Joe Hart wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> Which drivers are you using? On my system, the "nv" drivers are very
>>> sluggish, and the new xorg broke my 97.55, so I upgraded to the new beta
>>> 100.14.03, and performance is back.
>> How? I'm using 9755 with xorg 1.3.0 and it works just fine.
>> (Although xorg 1.3.0 changes the location of certain drivers so you
>> have to run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run with command options
>> to point the module & library to new locations.
>
>
> Yes, I saw your message. Quite ingenious of you to think of moving the
> drivers like you did.
Thanks for the compliment, but not my idea. The idea and command
came from the nvidia forum (probably an nvidia employee).
I only gussied it up a bit to make it reusable.
> Me, I'm a freak for the latest things that will
> break my system. That's why I run Sid and the beta drivers. Just so
> you all know, I have a nice Etch partition to fall back on if I have to,
> while I struggle to get my Sid working, but so far, all is well.
I thought about installing 100.14.03, but saw too many bug reports.
You're saying, though, that it works well (so far) and understands
xorg 1.3.0's new directory layout?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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