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Nvidia drivers 1.0-9742 BETA is out...

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Nvidia drivers 1.0-9742 BETA is out...

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Post by ejs76 » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:28 pm

Check here for the latest Nvidia beta driver (1.0-9742):

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downl ... river.html
Beta Driver - Linux Display Driver – x86

Version: 1.0-9742
Operating System: Linux x86
Release Date: November 8, 2006
BETA Driver

Release Highlights

* Adds support for GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS GPUs.
~amd64
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Post by PaulBredbury » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:02 pm

Here's an ebuild. The only real difference is the addition of "us." in SRC_URI, and "http" instead of "ftp". References: nzone, bugzilla.

/usr/local/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9742.ebuild

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# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626.ebuild,v 1.6 2006/10/20 18:47:54 wolf31o2 Exp $

inherit eutils multilib versionator linux-mod

NV_V="${PV/1.0./1.0-}"
X86_NV_PACKAGE="NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${NV_V}"
AMD64_NV_PACKAGE="NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${NV_V}"
X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE="NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-${NV_V}"

DESCRIPTION="NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.nvidia.com/"
SRC_URI="x86? ( http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${NV_V}/${X86_NV_PACKAGE}-pkg1.run )
	 amd64? ( http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${NV_V}/${AMD64_NV_PACKAGE}-pkg2.run )
	 x86-fbsd? ( http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/${NV_V}/${X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE}.tar.gz )"

LICENSE="NVIDIA"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
IUSE="dlloader"
RESTRICT="nostrip multilib-pkg-force"

DEPEND="kernel_linux? ( virtual/linux-sources )"
RDEPEND="kernel_linux? ( virtual/modutils )
	x11-base/xorg-server
	media-libs/mesa
	app-admin/eselect-opengl
	kernel_FreeBSD? ( !media-video/nvidia-freebsd )
	!app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-nvidia
	!x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers"

QA_TEXTRELS_x86="usr/lib/xorg/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/no-tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so"
QA_EXECSTACK_x86="usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.${PV}
	usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so"


QA_TEXTRELS_amd64="usr/lib64/xorg/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/no-tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so
	usr/lib32/xorg/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/no-tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so"

QA_EXECSTACK_amd64="usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.${PV}
	usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.${PV}
	usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so"

export _POSIX2_VERSION="199209"

if use x86; then
	PKG_V="-pkg1"
	NV_PACKAGE="${X86_NV_PACKAGE}"
elif use amd64; then
	PKG_V="-pkg2"
	NV_PACKAGE="${AMD64_NV_PACKAGE}"
elif use x86-fbsd; then
	PKG_V=""
	NV_PACKAGE="${X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE}"
fi

S="${WORKDIR}/${NV_PACKAGE}${PKG_V}/usr/src/nv"

# On BSD userland it wants real make command
MAKE="make"

mtrr_check() {
	ebegin "Checking for MTRR support"
	linux_chkconfig_present MTRR
	eend $?

	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
		eerror "This version needs MTRR support for most chipsets!"
		eerror "Please enable MTRR support in your kernel config, found at:"
		eerror
		eerror "  Processor type and features"
		eerror "    [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support"
		eerror
		eerror "and recompile your kernel ..."
		die "MTRR support not detected!"
	fi
}

pkg_setup() {
	if use amd64 && has_multilib_profile && [ "${DEFAULT_ABI}" != "amd64" ]; then
		eerror "This ebuild doesn't currently support changing your default abi."
		die "Unexpected \${DEFAULT_ABI} = ${DEFAULT_ABI}"
	fi

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		linux-mod_pkg_setup
		MODULE_NAMES="nvidia(video:${S})"
		BUILD_PARAMS="IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1 SYSSRC=${KV_DIR} SYSOUT=${KV_OUT_DIR}"
		mtrr_check
	fi
}

src_unpack() {
	local NV_PATCH_PREFIX="${FILESDIR}/${PV}/NVIDIA-${PV}"

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		if [[ ${KV_MINOR} -eq 6 && ${KV_PATCH} -lt 7 ]] ; then
			echo
			ewarn "Your kernel version is ${KV_MAJOR}.${KV_MINOR}.${KV_PATCH}"
			ewarn "This is not officially supported for ${P}. It is likely you"
			ewarn "will not be able to compile or use the kernel module."
			ewarn "It is recommended that you upgrade your kernel to a version >= 2.6.7"
			echo
			ewarn "DO NOT file bug reports for kernel versions less than 2.6.7 as they will be ignored."
		fi
	fi

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		cd ${WORKDIR}
		bash ${DISTDIR}/${NV_PACKAGE}${PKG_V}.run --extract-only
	else
		unpack ${A}
	fi

	# Patches go below here, add breif description
	use x86-fbsd \
		&& cd "${WORKDIR}/${NV_PACKAGE}${PKG_V}/doc" \
		|| cd "${WORKDIR}/${NV_PACKAGE}${PKG_V}"
	# Use the correct defines to make gtkglext build work
	epatch ${FILESDIR}/NVIDIA_glx-defines.patch
	# Use some more sensible gl headers and make way for new glext.h
	epatch ${FILESDIR}/NVIDIA_glx-glheader.patch

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		# Zander kernel patches
		# i2c patch
		#epatch ${NV_PATCH_PREFIX}-i2c.diff

		# Quiet down warnings the user do not need to see
		sed -i \
			-e 's:-Wpointer-arith::g' \
			-e 's:-Wsign-compare::g' \
			${S}/Makefile.kbuild

		# If you set this then it's your own fault when stuff breaks :)
		[[ -n ${USE_CRAZY_OPTS} ]] && sed -i "s:-O:${CFLAGS}:" Makefile.*

		# If greater than 2.6.5 use M= instead of SUBDIR=
		cd ${S}; convert_to_m Makefile.kbuild

		# Patch the Makefile to not warn about nvidia-installer
#		epatch ${FILESDIR}/NVIDIA_glx-makefile.patch

		# Patch for kernel 2.6.19 from Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
		#epatch ${FILESDIR}/NVIDIA_kernel-2.6.19.patch
	fi
}

src_compile() {
	# This is already the default on Linux, as there's no toplevel Makefile, but
	# on FreeBSD there's one and triggers the kernel module build, as we install
	# it by itself, pass this.
	if use x86-fbsd; then
		cd "${WORKDIR}/${NV_PACKAGE}${PKG_V}/src"
		MAKE="$(get_bmake)" emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" LD="$(tc-getLD)"
	else
		linux-mod_src_compile
	fi
}

src_install() {
	local MLTEST=$(type dyn_unpack)

	cd ${WORKDIR}/${NV_PACKAGE}${PKG_V}

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		linux-mod_src_install

		# Add the aliases
		sed -e 's:\${PACKAGE}:'${PF}':g' ${FILESDIR}/nvidia > ${WORKDIR}/nvidia
		insinto /etc/modules.d
		newins ${WORKDIR}/nvidia nvidia
	else
		insinto /boot/modules
		doins "${WORKDIR}/${X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE}/src/nvidia.kld"

		exeinto /boot/modules
		doexe "${WORKDIR}/${X86_FBSD_NV_PACKAGE}/src/nvidia.ko"
	fi

	if [[ "${MLTEST/set_abi}" == "${MLTEST}" ]] && has_multilib_profile ; then
		local OABI=${ABI}
		for ABI in $(get_install_abis) ; do
			src_install-libs
		done
		ABI=${OABI}
		unset OABI
	elif use amd64 ; then
		src_install-libs lib32 $(get_multilibdir)
		src_install-libs lib $(get_libdir)

		rm -rf ${D}/usr/$(get_multilibdir)/opengl/nvidia/include
		rm -rf ${D}/usr/$(get_multilibdir)/opengl/nvidia/extensions
	else
		src_install-libs
	fi

	is_final_abi || return 0

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		# Docs, remove nvidia-settings as provided by media-video/nvidia-settings
		newdoc usr/share/doc/README.txt README
		dodoc usr/share/doc/Copyrights usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_Changelog
		dodoc usr/share/doc/XF86Config.sample
		dohtml usr/share/doc/html/*
	else
		dodoc doc/README doc/README.Linux doc/XF86Config.sample
	fi

	# nVidia want bug reports using this script
	exeinto /usr/bin
	doexe usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh
}

# Install nvidia library:
# the first parameter is the place where to install it
# the second paramis the base name of the library
# the third parameter is the provided soversion
donvidia() {
	dodir $1
	exeinto $1

	libname=$(basename $2)

	doexe $2.$3
	dosym ${libname}.$3 $1/${libname}

	[[ $3 != "1" ]] && dosym ${libname}.$3 $1/${libname}.1
}

src_install-libs() {
	local pkglibdir=lib
	local inslibdir=$(get_libdir)

	if [[ ${#} -eq 2 ]] ; then
		pkglibdir=${1}
		inslibdir=${2}
	elif has_multilib_profile && [[ ${ABI} == "x86" ]] ; then
		pkglibdir=lib32
	fi

	local usrpkglibdir=usr/${pkglibdir}
	local libdir=usr/X11R6/${pkglibdir}
	local drvdir=${libdir}/modules/drivers
	local extdir=${libdir}/modules/extensions
	local incdir=usr/include/GL
	local sover=${PV}
	local NV_ROOT="/usr/${inslibdir}/opengl/nvidia"
	local NO_TLS_ROOT="${NV_ROOT}/no-tls"
	local TLS_ROOT="${NV_ROOT}/tls"
	local X11_LIB_DIR="/usr/${inslibdir}/xorg"

	if ! has_version x11-base/xorg-server ; then
		X11_LIB_DIR="/usr/${inslibdir}"
	fi

	if use x86-fbsd; then
		# on FreeBSD everything is on obj/
		pkglibdir=obj
		usrpkglibdir=obj
		x11pkglibdir=obj
		drvdir=obj
		extdir=obj

		# don't ask me why the headers are there.. glxext.h is missing
		incdir=doc

		# on FreeBSD it has just .1 suffix
		sover=1
	fi

	# The GLX libraries
	donvidia ${NV_ROOT}/lib ${usrpkglibdir}/libGL.so ${sover}
	donvidia ${NV_ROOT}/lib ${usrpkglibdir}/libGLcore.so ${sover}

	dodir ${NO_TLS_ROOT}
	donvidia ${NO_TLS_ROOT} ${usrpkglibdir}/libnvidia-tls.so ${sover}

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		donvidia ${TLS_ROOT} ${usrpkglibdir}/tls/libnvidia-tls.so ${sover}
	fi

	if want_tls ; then
		dosym ../tls/libnvidia-tls.so ${NV_ROOT}/lib
		dosym ../tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 ${NV_ROOT}/lib
		dosym ../tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${sover} ${NV_ROOT}/lib
	else
		dosym ../no-tls/libnvidia-tls.so ${NV_ROOT}/lib
		dosym ../no-tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 ${NV_ROOT}/lib
		dosym ../no-tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${sover} ${NV_ROOT}/lib
	fi

	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		# Not sure whether installing the .la file is neccessary;
		# this is adopted from the `nvidia' ebuild
		local ver1=$(get_version_component_range 1)
		local ver2=$(get_version_component_range 2)
		local ver3=$(get_version_component_range 3)
		sed -e "s:\${PV}:${PV}:"     \
			-e "s:\${ver1}:${ver1}:" \
			-e "s:\${ver2}:${ver2}:" \
			-e "s:\${ver3}:${ver3}:" \
			-e "s:\${libdir}:${inslibdir}:" \
			${FILESDIR}/libGL.la-r2 > ${D}/${NV_ROOT}/lib/libGL.la
	fi

	exeinto ${X11_LIB_DIR}/modules/drivers

	if use dlloader || has_version ">=x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.99.15" ||
		has_version "x11-base/xorg-server"; then
		[[ -f ${drvdir}/nvidia_drv.so ]] && \
			doexe ${drvdir}/nvidia_drv.so
	else
		[[ -f ${drvdir}/nvidia_drv.o ]] && \
			doexe ${drvdir}/nvidia_drv.o
	fi

	insinto /usr/${inslibdir}
	[[ -f ${libdir}/libXvMCNVIDIA.a ]] && \
		doins ${libdir}/libXvMCNVIDIA.a
	exeinto /usr/${inslibdir}
	# fix Bug 131315
	[[ -f ${libdir}/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${PV} ]] && \
		doexe ${libdir}/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${PV} && \
		dosym /usr/${inslibdir}/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${PV} \
			/usr/${inslibdir}/libXvMCNVIDIA.so

	exeinto ${NV_ROOT}/extensions
	[[ -f ${extdir}/libglx.so.${sover} ]] && \
		newexe ${extdir}/libglx.so.${sover} libglx.so

	# Includes
	insinto ${NV_ROOT}/include
	doins ${incdir}/*.h
}

pkg_preinst() {
	# Can we make up our minds ?!?!?
	local NV_D=${IMAGE:-${D}}

	if ! has_version x11-base/xorg-server ; then
		for dir in lib lib32 lib64 ; do
			if [[ -d ${NV_D}/usr/${dir}/xorg ]] ; then
				mv ${NV_D}/usr/${dir}/xorg/* ${NV_D}/usr/${dir}
				rmdir ${NV_D}/usr/${dir}/xorg
			fi
		done
	fi

	# Clean the dinamic libGL stuff's home to ensure
	# we dont have stale libs floating around
	if [[ -d ${ROOT}/usr/lib/opengl/nvidia ]] ; then
		rm -rf ${ROOT}/usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/*
	fi
	# Make sure we nuke the old nvidia-glx's env.d file
	if [[ -e ${ROOT}/etc/env.d/09nvidia ]] ; then
		rm -f ${ROOT}/etc/env.d/09nvidia
	fi
}

pkg_postinst() {
	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		linux-mod_pkg_postinst
	fi

	#switch to the nvidia implementation
	eselect opengl set --use-old nvidia

	echo
	elog "To use the Nvidia GLX, run \"eselect opengl set nvidia\""
	echo
	einfo "You may also be interested in media-video/nvidia-settings"
	echo
	elog "nVidia has requested that any bug reports submitted have the"
	elog "output of /usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh included."
	echo
	elog "To work with compiz, you must enable the AddARGBGLXVisuals option."
	echo
	elog "If you are having resolution problems, try disabling DynamicTwinView."
	echo
}

want_tls() {
	# For uclibc or anything non glibc, return false
	has_version sys-libs/glibc || return 1

	# Old versions of glibc were lt/no-tls only
	has_version '<sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2' && return 1

	local valid_chost="true"
	if use x86 ; then
		case ${CHOST/-*} in
			i486|i586|i686) ;;
			*) valid_chost="false"
		esac
	fi

	[[ ${valid_chost} == "false" ]] && return 1

	# If we've got nptl, we've got tls
	built_with_use sys-libs/glibc nptl && return 0

	# 2.3.5 turned off tls for linuxthreads glibc on i486 and i586
	if use x86 && has_version '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.5' ; then
		case ${CHOST/-*} in
			i486|i586) return 1 ;;
		esac
	fi

	# These versions built linuxthreads version to support tls, too
	has_version '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.3.4.20040619-r2' && return 0

	return 1
}

pkg_postrm() {
	if ! use x86-fbsd; then
		linux-mod_pkg_postrm
	fi
	eselect opengl set --use-old xorg-x11
}
Edit: Changed pkg0 to pkg1 for x86.
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Post by onlinepancakes » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:36 am

This release is great! Fixed the slowdowns I had with 9626 and 9629!
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Post by W.E.B. Du Bois » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:56 am

Sorry, I'm a noob. Are there instructions for upgrading from the previous version?
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Post by VValdo » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:16 am

W.E.B. Du Bois wrote:Sorry, I'm a noob. Are there instructions for upgrading from the previous version?
It's in portage so assuming you're in ~arch just emerge nvidia-drivers.

if you're not, add "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~YOURARCH" to /etc/portage/package.keywords. YOURARCH should be something like amd64 or x86 or whatever.

update:

to be more specific, do something like this from the command line as root

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emerge --sync
echo "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge nvidia-drivers
I have amd64. You may have x86 or whatever.

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Post by VValdo » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:47 am

Whoops. I think it's also masked... meaning you might want to also do this:

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echo "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask
before you emerge. That should unmask this and all future masked nvidia drivers


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Post by antiflag1980 » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:04 am

Damnit, I can't use these new drivers, it's says geforce4 mx420 is now supported by nvidia-legacy-drivers, 9629 works fine. Guess I'm gonna have to switch cards, luckily I have an fx5200 around at least.
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Post by Sho » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:53 am

Can't get this to compile against 2.6.19_rc5, can anyone else?
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Post by egon2003 » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:08 pm

Sho wrote:Can't get this to compile against 2.6.19_rc5, can anyone else?
Try this, works for me. http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=100051
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Post by ejs76 » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:34 pm

@PaulBredbury
Thanks for the ebuild!

@onlinepancakes
This release is great! Fixed the slowdowns I had with 9626 and 9629!
Same here! :D
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Post by R.I.P. » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:28 pm

does anybody know what was really changed in new version?
will I gain something with new version if 9625 works fine for me?
(my videocard is GeForce4 Ti4200)
official release notes are just too brief (saying only new cards support added).
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Post by zxy » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:40 pm

Everything feels smoother, but I did an world upgrade so xorg server upgraded too.

The coolest thing are new nvidia settings (masked). Much more options.

There are options for twinview setting in xorg.conf, display size, monitor setting and other.

I still get black windows when too many are open with bery.
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Post by Timbers2k » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:07 pm

I can't run WOW with this version. It exits with an error. I backed out to 9629 and it's working fine. The odd thing is that Quake4 works fine with both.
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Post by Let_Me_Be » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:17 pm

Geforce 4 discontinued, stick with 1.0.9629!!!
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Post by onlinepancakes » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:52 pm

zxy wrote:Everything feels smoother, but I did an world upgrade so xorg server upgraded too.

The coolest thing are new nvidia settings (masked). Much more options.

There are options for twinview setting in xorg.conf, display size, monitor setting and other.

I still get black windows when too many are open with bery.
The Nvidia-Settings in portage are already outdated. Theres a newer updated version you can get off of ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/. They were updated on 11/2/06.
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Post by yabbadabbadont » Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:53 am

Let_Me_Be wrote:Geforce 4 discontinued, stick with 1.0.9629!!!
What are you talking about? Geforce 4 cards are still supported by this beta driver.

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... dix-a.html
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Post by Dan » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:47 am

antiflag1980 wrote:Damnit, I can't use these new drivers, it's says geforce4 mx420 is now supported by nvidia-legacy-drivers, 9629 works fine. Guess I'm gonna have to switch cards, luckily I have an fx5200 around at least.
Ive already posted to them about this.. heh like it will do any good...
the README http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L ... dix-a.html shows it supported as well as the GeForce4 Ti 4200 neither of which work...
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Post by yabbadabbadont » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:48 am

Yeah. It appears that the documentation will be the last thing they update before releasing the driver as a non-beta version... :roll:
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Post by Phenax » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:05 am

They fixed DFP monitor crash on resolution change, aswell.. :)
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Post by Let_Me_Be » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:40 am

Yes, GF4 is discontinued. I even can't switch cards, because i have a notebook with GF4 Go. I have to store the ebuild and driver somewhere, because legacy drivers simply don't work with my card (flickering cursor is back, froze after 30 seconds of running X server).
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Post by RichieB » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:28 am

[quote="zxy"]I still get black windows when too many are open with bery.[/quote]

Do you have any 'silly' plugins running, e.g. blur? That'll definitely cause black windows because of the texture requirements.
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Post by Belliash » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:14 pm

ejs76 wrote:@PaulBredbury
Thanks for the ebuild!

@onlinepancakes
This release is great! Fixed the slowdowns I had with 9626 and 9629!
Same here! :D
just 300FPS more... :roll:
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Post by glowworm » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:16 am

zxy wrote:I still get black windows when too many are open with bery.
There is a fix for this from about SVN r1130 or so. It adds a "Use Non-TFP Copy Rendering" option to BSM which when turned Off has cleared up my cases of Black Windows.
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Post by sylware » Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:00 pm

With those new drivers, when switching from X to a VGA VT, the layout of the text in the VGA VT is screwed and coming back to X is quite risky since I get most of the time a corrupted display.
Anyone experiencing the same issue? :?
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Post by sylware » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:46 pm

Several users are reporting the issue on nvidia forums... a bug was logged...
Have to wait the next drivers delivery...

Anybody wanna help "nouveau" nvidia chip open source drivers? :roll:
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