problem with nvidia 1.0-6629 driver and Riva TNT2 card on hoary

Matt Zimmerman mdz at canonical.com
Mon Dec 27 15:24:28 CST 2004


On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:05:02AM -0300, Ernesto Domato wrote:

> So, this is what I'm going to do. First, I'll compile the 1.0-6111
> nvidia driver on hoary to test it (even when I'm pretty sure that it
> will work well) and then I'll send a mail to linux-bugs at nvidia.com
> with my nvidia-bug-report for 6629 telling them the problem that I had
> so they can solve it.

That sounds like the right course.

> Now I'm using the xorg on hoary with the vesa driver so I suggest to make
> use with that driver instead of the nvidia driver till I can tell you if
> 6111 works well and then use that driver in the case of a Riva TNT2 card.

You might also try the nv driver; it should perform better than the vesa
driver.

-- 
 - mdz



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