Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-06 Thread Robin Laing
On 12/22/2009 09:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free versions

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-06 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 12/22/2009 11:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Yes, TV-Out for MythDora. Not on F12 yet, but that's in the works. It's frustrating enough that I'd switch video cards if there was decent free

Re: [fedora] Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-05 Thread Dave Martin
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 03:08:39PM +0100, steven bellens wrote: 2010/1/4 Dave Martin darkm...@vt.edu: On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:21:18PM -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video

Re: [fedora] How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-04 Thread Dave Martin
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:21:18PM -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate

Re: [fedora] How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-04 Thread steven bellens
2010/1/4 Dave Martin darkm...@vt.edu: On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:21:18PM -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2010-01-04 Thread DJ Delorie
Linuxguy123 linuxguy...@gmail.com writes: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. I tried (and aborted) an upgrade from FC6 to F12. The Nouveau driver didn't support my second GPU card, and I had a %*$ of a time getting it to let

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-27 Thread Colin Paul Adams
Colin == Colin Paul Adams co...@colina.demon.co.uk writes: Linuxguy123 == Linuxguy123 linuxguy...@gmail.com writes: Linuxguy123 Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the Linuxguy123 proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau Linuxguy123 driver. Linuxguy123 DON'T

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-26 Thread Greg Woods
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 07:42 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote: Do/did you notice that your screen appeared a tad bigger once you went to the propr. driver? As in, your fonts (evolution as example) appear smaller than before? Im not sure I understand the question. Obviously if you are running at

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-26 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 12/22/2009 10:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-25 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 07:28:56 -0700, Greg Woods wo...@ucar.edu wrote: At work, I have an old Dell monitor that doesn't do EDID, and I can't get nouveau to do anything better than 1024x768 on it even if I use system-config-display to tell it that the monitor is a 1920x1080 flat panel

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-25 Thread Mike Chambers
On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 07:28 -0700, Greg Woods wrote: I use the proprietary Nvidia driver on two different workstations under F12, one at home and one at work, for two different reasons. At home, I have a MythTV server and my desktop is a front end, so I need VDPAU. I also have some 3D

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-24 Thread Roger
people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?) Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-24 Thread Andrew Haley
On 12/23/2009 09:53 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: On 12/23/2009 04:21 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Roger
On 12/23/2009 03:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. If you are using the proprietary nvidia driver or some other non kms equipped driver, how are you finding F12 ? Ie do you experience freezing when

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread steven bellens
2009/12/23 Roger are...@bigpond.com: On 12/23/2009 03:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. If you are using the proprietary nvidia driver or some other non kms equipped driver, how are you finding

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Joonas Sarajärvi
I use whatever Fedora uses when it is run in a Qemu/KVM virtual machine. If I recall correctly, this driver has not yet gained KVM capabilities. I wonder why KMS support has been so slow to appear for the simplest devices. 2009/12/23, steven bellens bellensste...@gmail.com: 2009/12/23 Roger

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Andrew Haley
On 12/23/2009 04:21 AM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Steven I Usdansky
On 12/23/2009 03:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. If you are using the proprietary nvidia driver or some other non kms equipped driver, how are you finding F12 ? Ie do you experience freezing

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Colin Paul Adams
Linuxguy123 == Linuxguy123 linuxguy...@gmail.com writes: Linuxguy123 Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the Linuxguy123 proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau Linuxguy123 driver. Linuxguy123 DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate Linuxguy123

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Linuxguy123 linuxguy...@gmail.com wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Steve Searle
Around 04:21am on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (UK time), Linuxguy123 scrawled: DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free versions versus proprietary or anything else. Please sir, can I have permission to post something. I know you are in charge and that this mailing

RE: How many people need to use the proprietary NVIDIA driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Dan Burkland
...@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list- boun...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Steven I Usdansky Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:40 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Greg Woods
On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 21:21 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. I use the proprietary Nvidia driver on two different workstations under F12, one at home and one at work, for two different reasons. At

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Dennis Mattingly
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free versions

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary NVIDIA driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 12/23/2009 07:54 PM, Dan Burkland wrote: I have used the proprietary driver for its superb handling of 3D acceleration over nouveau. However, with the release of 2.6.33 near, I may give Nouveau as it now supports KMS (It may have in the past I'm not quite sure). Dan

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Dennis Mattingly
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free versions

RE: How many people need to use the proprietary NVIDIA driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Christopher A. Williams
On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 08:24 -0600, Dan Burkland wrote: On 12/23/2009 03:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. If you are using the proprietary nvidia driver or some other non kms

RE: How many people need to use the proprietary NVIDIA driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Dan Burkland
To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: How many people need to use the proprietary NVIDIA driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?) On 12/23/2009 07:54 PM, Dan Burkland wrote: I have used the proprietary driver for its superb handling of 3D acceleration over nouveau. However, with the release

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Kevin Kempter
On Wednesday 23 December 2009 07:46:17 Dennis Mattingly wrote: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching.

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread TNWestTex
. Five systems with three generations of NVIDIA cards. Robert McBroom -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-many-people-need-to-use-the-proprietary-nvidia-driver---%28Or-other-non-kms-driver--%29-tp26897982p26904361.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Rikke D. Giles
On 12/23/2009 08:14:01 AM, Kevin Kempter wrote: I use the kmod-nvidia driver as well, it works the best for me. I as well. I need 3 D capabilities from time to time. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Campbell
I'm still using the proprietary driver because I need full dual-link DVI support at 2560x1600 resolution. I haven't found a free driver that can do that. Andrew. Same here Dual-Link DVI. Although the nouveau drivers don't seem to work on laptop either so I have to proprietary there to.

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Theodore Papadopoulo
Andy Campbell wrote: I'm still using the proprietary driver because I need full dual-link DVI support at 2560x1600 resolution. I haven't found a free driver that can do that. Also only the proprietary driver allows the use of CUDA -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Sam Sharpe
2009/12/23 Linuxguy123 linuxguy...@gmail.com: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Define must. I use the driver from rpmfusion, not because I must, but because I choose to. I have dual monitors at work, driven by an NVidia NVS

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 23 December 2009, Kevin Kempter wrote: On Wednesday 23 December 2009 07:46:17 Dennis Mattingly wrote: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver, ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Hugh Caley
I just love Compiz, so I need 3D, so I need the proprietary driver. I haven't had any problems using the proprietary driver with F12, although I was tempted to just use nouveau since, for the first time, I had a decent display available immediately after installing. Hugh 2009/12/23

RE: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-23 Thread Anuar, Nuhairi
: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?) Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't

How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-22 Thread Linuxguy123
Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. Or some other video driver that doesn't support kernel mode switching. DON'T reply otherwise, I don't want to hear a debate on the free versions versus proprietary or anything else. If you

Re: How many people need to use the proprietary nvidia driver ? (Or other non kms driver ?)

2009-12-22 Thread Michael Cronenworth
On 12/22/2009 10:21 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: Please reply if you need to ( ie must) use the proprietary nvidia driver instead of the nouveau driver. If you are using the proprietary nvidia driver or some other non kms equipped driver, how are you finding F12 ? Ie do you experience freezing when