On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 13:50 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2013-10-23, Harry Putnam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd like to go back to the old `nv' driver I used to use when running > > Gentoo, or some other driver that will work with my card and just > > ditch that nouveau driver. > > > > Can anyone guide me a bit as to how to do that? > > > I don't think you can go back to the 'nv' driver, which was supplanted > by the 'nouveau' driver, without complications, though I could be wrong. > > You can go forward to the evil (though tempting because it works > reliably (in my experience at least)) proprietary nvidia driver, > guidance for the installation of which is available here: > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
Yes, nv already was removed from most distros, when nouveau was nearly unusable. Nowadays nouveau is very good, I would test nouveau even for 3D acceleration, before using the proprietary driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1382539989.705.4.camel@archlinux
