nvidia-kernel update problem

eeppx · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 44

Hi,

I had installed "nvidia-kernel-1.0.4363-r2". When I tried "emerge -up world", no updates were available. I looked at the portage ebuilds and saw that a newer version of the package is available. I installed it via giving the exact ebuild name. However, now, when I "emerge -up world", the result is:

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating world dependencies ...done!
[ebuild U ] media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4363-r2 [1.0.4496-r1]

Why update to an older one?

Thanks.

robmoss · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:38 pm Post subject:

You're almost certainly using the stable version of portage. To install the unstable (i.e., apparently working but not yet sufficiently tested to be marked stable) version of nvidia-kernel, do the following:

eeppx · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 44

Thanks in advance.

One more question:

The Installation Guide says: "The nvidia-kernel, ati-drivers and xfree-drm packages will require additional configuration to be enabled."

Additional configuration?..

Thanks again.

Kummer · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:29 am Post subject:

Well, you'll have to change your XF86Config-4.
Change the driver from nv to nvidia:

section "Device"
Identifier ...
Driver "nvidia"

eeppx · n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 44

Shall I get extra performance doing this?

Thanks.

Kummer · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:38 am Post subject:

If you don't change this, then X will just not use the drivers you installed.

The nv drivers come with X, the nvidia drivers come with nvidia-kernel
nv doesn't provide a lot of hardware acceleration, and NO 3D acceleration.

This makes all the difference, try glxgears before and after changing the driver

NOTE: You'll have to restart X after changing XF86Config-4

If you're running gdm or kdm, just log out and do a CTR-ALT-BACKSPACE for good measure.

Enjoy, but feel a little dirty.