On Sat, 2005-10-12 at 17:10 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers
> The description of some of these packages, particularly the source > packages, refers to XFree86. This makes it appear that they will not > work with xorg, which will be the default X with the next release (and > in testing now). > Good point. It does indeed work with the current Xorg. > Similarly, I wondered about how tightly the packages are tied to > particular kernel versions. The only kernel-specific versions are for > 2.4. This (and a comment I saw elsewhere) raised the issue for me This will change starting with the 8174 modules coming within the next week. They will be 2.6 only. > I was/am interested because the free xorg nv driver is having problems > with my GeForce 6600 chip, and there apparently is a known problem. > They work fine with my 6600GT on a 2.6.14 kernel. HTH, randy -- -------------------------------------------- Randall Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.khensu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer/Debian Developer GnuPG: 6C27DEAB -------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
