Re: Anyone run nvidia driver + latest xorg 7.3?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Chris Howie wrote:
> (Resending, apparently GMail is not smart enough to reply to the list by 
> default.  Sorry, Ron.)
>
> On Jan 4, 2008 10:44 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net 
> <mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net>> wrote:
>
>      > Sad to say :-( I have:
>      > product: NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]
>      > product: NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]
>      >
>      > and those need legacy 96xx driver, so no bumping...
>
>     Well, you're screwed.  I see three options:
>     1. Use nv.
>     2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130039
>     3. Use the console.
>
>
> And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why closed source drivers suck.  :)

But economically speaking, while sucking, I go look for the GeForce 6200 
cards and shell out about $90 for 2 cards.

I am not doing that if the nv driver were to function anywhere near the 
nvidia driver.

Still sucking, nvidia wins. But X sucks also because they started it 
this time.

Hugo