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[Ric Moore]

On 09/27/2013 09:21 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 05:17 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 09/27/2013 04:28 PM, R Kimber wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:51:05 -0400
>>>> Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>>>>> If, for instance, you have an nVidia video card and it wasn't properly
>>>>> upgraded to the newer kernel, it might be attempting to load nouveau,
>>>>> which on my setup is a complete fail with three monitors and two video
>>>>> cards. I'd rather see fall-back revert to svga myself.
>>>
>>> OK. Well I installed the nVidia driver instead of nouveau and all is now
>>> well with 3.2.0-54 (at least so far ... )
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your help.
>> I have nothing but hope for the nouveau team, and all the best wishes.
>> With that said, I have to avoid it like the plague. Wine does something
>> similar (and Steam games that run under Wine) and cannot contend with
>> multiple monitors/video cards. But, any native Linux game can, with no
>> sweat. It's pure ~joy~ to have monsters coming at you across three
>> monitors and 6.1 sound. So, I refuse to use less. So, I limited my
>> losses to $25 at Steam. :) Ric

> Ric,
>
> Maybe there is some hope.
>
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/nvidia-seeks-peace-with-linux-pledges-help-on-open-source-driver/

I sure hope so! Meanwhile I'll dance with who "brung me", my good ole 
nVidia driver. That was the first thing I appreciated about Ubuntu, I 
didn't have to jump through hoops, that I did with Fedora. to install 
it.  :) Ric



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