Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-13 Thread Øyvind Heggstad
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:36:45 -0500 "Preston C." wrote: > So I tried the command "pacman -S nvidia" and it said that > nvidia-utils conflicts with libgl. Then is asked me if I wanted to > remove libgl? Any help here is appreciated. Say 'yes'. nvidia-utils provides libgl.

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Cristian Wilgenhoff
Hello Preston, here you have :) http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.09/README/appendix-a.html(173) http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.29/README/appendix-a.html(lastest) and legacy is for AGP cards... cyaa

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
Thanks pyther. The forums do seem to be more active.

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread pyther
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:43:11 -0500, "Preston C." wrote: > Thanks Alessandro. Do you know if I should remove libgl for the > nvidia-utils ? Yes you should remove libgl for nvidia-utils. From my understanding both nvidia and ati provide their own libgl libraries, thus the conflict. BTW you shoul

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
Thanks Alessandro. Do you know if I should remove libgl for the nvidia-utils ?

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Alessandro Doro
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:27:41PM -0500, Preston C. wrote: > > nvidia (kernel module) and nvidia-utils. > > These are the latest drivers for the newer cards. > > > > While my card was released in the past 3-4 years, it seems, I do not > know if it would fall under the new category. That is why I

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
So I tried the command "pacman -S nvidia" and it said that nvidia-utils conflicts with libgl. Then is asked me if I wanted to remove libgl? Any help here is appreciated.

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
> nvidia (kernel module) and nvidia-utils. > These are the latest drivers for the newer cards. > While my card was released in the past 3-4 years, it seems, I do not know if it would fall under the new category. That is why I am thinking of going with 173xx driver. Just don't know what to do? Than

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
>> I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I >> do not know which driver to use. Should I use nvidia-96xx or >> nvidia-173xx or nvidia ? Thanks. I am thinking it is the 173xx, but wanted to be sure. It does not tell me exactly in the Beginners Guide or the Nvidia page i

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Alessandro Doro
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:38:15PM -0500, Preston C. wrote: > I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I > do not know which driver to use. Should I use nvidia-96xx or > nvidia-173xx or nvidia ? Thanks. nvidia (kernel module) and nvidia-utils. These are the latest drive

Re: [arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Zack
You could search for which models each driver supports, and try the one(s) that support yours. Use whichever works best and just uninstal what you don't use. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Preston C. wrote: > I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I > do not know

[arch-general] which video card driver- proprietary...

2009-02-12 Thread Preston C.
I have a GeForce 7600 GS. I do not know which command to run because I do not know which driver to use. Should I use nvidia-96xx or nvidia-173xx or nvidia ? Thanks.