Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: >>>> Give this a shot: >>>> >>>> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" >>>> >>>> >>> No, "nvidia" is for the proprietary binary nvida driver. The free >>> driver for nvidia cards is called NV. I have a GeForce4 MX 440 and I >>> have this in my make.conf: >>> VIDEO_CARDS="nv vesa" >>> >> What you say may be true, pretty sure it is, but what he is doing is not >> working, hence him coming here for help. Since I have nvidia in mine >> and it works fine, thought he may want to try that. What I posted is >> not wrong, just another way of doing it. Up to him if he wants to try >> it or not. >> >> Also, nv does not work well for me either. It is dreadfully slow and >> uses a lot of CPU time. At least that is how it was the last time I >> used it. Things change. >> >> Dale >> > > Selecting "nvidia" instead of "nv" would hardly make a difference in > this specific problem. > > Also I imagine that the nv driver would be the more likely to work, > being free software and maintainable by the Xorg developers. As for > being slow, everybody knows it (unfortunately; damned be Nvida*) does > not support 3D, so any 3D you use will be in software. But for 2D, it > is as fast as the proprietary driver AFAIK. > > Are you saying that it is slower in 2D than the proprietary driver? > > *If if were to buy a video card today, it wouldn't be Nvidia. But I > don't play 3D games so I won't buy a new card anyway. > > >
Yes, when I used nv a long time ago, it was very slow and it used a LOT of my CPU time as well. It was like the CPU was doing the work instead of the card. I emerged the nvidia drivers and have stuck with them ever since. Keep in mind I bought my nvidia card several years ago. Back then the ATI support was nasty to say the least. ATI was not a viable option at that time. Nvidia was the king as far as video cards go. That seems to have changed and most likely I will get ATI next time, though I like nvidia but hey . . . .they made their choice and I have to make mine based on theirs. I do agree that nv should work, I guess the old 'your mileage may vary' comes in tho. Dale :-) :-)
