Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 04 November 2009 02:55:55 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > >> NVidia updated their drivers at about the time you started having >> problems. Their latest driver update changed the permissions on >> /dev/nvidia0 nvidiactl ; resulting in VERY slow scrolling response on >> my box (amd64) using googleearth. Changing the permissions to crwxrw-rw- >> resulted in instant speed up; you may get by with r--r-- (?). > > I don't have that device on either of my systems using a GeForce 7300 GS. Nor > can I find an nvidiactl. >
That device appears when you use the NV proprietary driver. There are basically three options with an NV card: - use the generic built-in driver additionally, - use the additional, open-source NV drivers. or - alternatively use the proprietary NV driver. This may be useful: <http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nvidia> FWIW, the NV drivers are blocked in portage for my hardened AMD64, so I get the drivers here: <http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html> HTH
