To Gentoo nVidia users: We are in the process of developing and testing a unified nVidia driver ebuild. When implemented, it will replace the nvidia-kernel, nvidia-glx, and nvidia-settings ebuilds. It will also add the utility nvidia-xconfig.
We would like your help in evaluating, testing, and commenting on this approach. Please locate the latest nvidia ebuild at: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116085 The download package for the new ebuild is at: http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=75389 This is the very latest nVidia 8178 driver. Please be sure and review the nVidia changelog and readme. If your fonts are abnormally small, see Appendix Y and the nVidia forums for info on DPI. See http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 for specific news and info about the nVidia drivers for linux. Since this is a developmental ebuild, it is NOT currently in portage. If you would like to try it out, please follow these simple instructions: 1) Untar the file into /usr/local/portage/x11-drivers (if your portage overlay is in a different location, adjust accordingly). 2) exit all window managers 3) unmerge nvidia-kernel, nvidia-glx, and nvidia-settings (emerge -C .....) This ebuild will NOT install if any other nVidia ebuilds are installed. 4) edit /etc/portage/package.keywords and add x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~x86 (or ~amd64). Other arches are not supported. Sorry. 5) emerge nvidia-drivers. This will load the kernel module, glx support, nvidia- settings and -xconfig all in one swoop. NOTE: Modular X support is not yet implemented. If you have comments, notice a bug, or if you have suggestions for improvement, PLEASE post to the existing bug report: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116085. Please DO NOT report bugs about the upstream driver. If the driver does not work, then see the nVidia news forum. We hope you will find this approach a more streamlined and easy implementation for nVidia. Thanks for your participation and feedback. Peter Hyman on behalf of the nVidia devs. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
