Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:46:51 +0100 | Subject | Re: 2.5 XFree and nvidia geforce. | From | Ducrot Bruno <> |
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 05:44:00PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:40:50 +0100, Ducrot Bruno said: > > > One of the main issue for me (I don't want flame please) is > > that it kill acpi and/or apm. Since it's more important for > > for me to get suspension working, I can not use any > > drivers provided by nVidia unless of course they implement > > No flames intended - I just have different requirements than you do, > and suspending hasn't been an issue for me, and I've not bothered > trying to get it to work. > > I've seen a workaround posted for the nvidia suspend issue - the trick was to > configure a suspend script that apmd/whatever would call, and include > a '/usr/bin/chvt 1' in it. So on the way down, it would change off the > nvidia-controlled VT, and all would be well.
No. I spoke for a missing function in the binary part (was present in 15.., but removed in 20.. and 28..) )...
> > > BTW, XFree4.3.0 is out, and your GeForce is supported. > > Oh, the free driver has "supported" the card for ages. My point was that (a) > the free driver isn't 2-d accelerated as much as the NVidia driver (the 'nv' > free driver can average 10-15% CPU by itself, and the 'nvidia' closed driver > only 1-2% while feeling much quicker), and (b) the NVidia driver "just works" > in finding the video port on the docking station when I'm docked - the 'nv' > free drivers would find the LCD screen fine and not find the docking port > video.
... and seem that this function is now reintroduced in the lasted release in the nvidia binary. I guess that more work has to be done, though, but I consider that my really lastest complain about the binary driver from nvidia go now to /dev/null.
Cheers,
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