On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:05:55 +0200, Daniel Isenmann wrote: > Am 14.04.2011 07:58, schrieb Pierre Schmitz: >> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:54:40 +0100, Pierre Schmitz wrote: >>> Just to let you know: I have removed the nvidia-173xx driver packages >>> from [extra]. They wont work with current xorg-server anyway. Once >>> nvidia releases a new driver these can be readded easily. Keeping a >>> package that cannot work is kind of pointless. >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Pierre >> I also had to remove the nvidia-96xx packages we still had. This means >> if you want to use the proprietary driver you'll need at least a Geforce >> 6. There is nothing we can do about this. >> >> Greetings, >> >> Pierre > > You should post this on the frontpage. I think that lots of users use > those drivers and they will be surprised when it won't work after the > update. Add a recommendation to use the nouveau-driver instead as long > as there are no new driver from nvidia. Maybe some users stay with the > nouveau driver after the switch. > > Daniel
Sure, would be a good idea if someone could do that. I cannot tell how useful nouveau is though. The probably only support newer cards, too. Especially when you want to have basic 3D support. -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre
