For whoever has no clue what it is about: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html The proprietary Nvidia Legacy driver does not (yet) support this xorg-server version. So all those (old) products listed on the NVIDIA page will not work unless users fallback on the OpenSource alternative.
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Steven Cristian <[email protected]> wrote: > I have recompiled xorg-server-11.3 and all that it needed to be compiled. I > can confirm, on my Nvidia 9650M GT 1 gigs integrated and running proprietary > drivers that xorg-server-1.11.3 works like a charm. No corruption/error. And > compiled with march=native, vomit-frame-pointer and graphite. Green light on > my lappy :) > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:51:31 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [sabayon-dev] xorg-server-1.11 in Sabayon 8? > >> >> I don't have any legacy Nvidia hardware, but I still think compatibility >> should be a big concern for serious and reliable OS, so my vote is >> negative on this. >> >> Bleeding edge disregarding compatibility and lacking any good motivation >> (and version X > version Y isn't enough) is no good to me. >> >> If this is such mandatory decision and there are good reasons to do >> this, I would go on dropping an email to Nvidia to see if they are >> actually interested in updating their legacy drivers for newer xorg, if >> they aren't (or don't respond) the least we should do is providing an >> automatic way to switch to nouveau for those cards. >> >> Il giorno mer, 18/01/2012 alle 13.16 +0100, Michele ha scritto: >> > On 18/01/2012 13:01, Andre Parhan wrote: >> > > I'd agree with Wolfden, but be sure to have a good disclaimer warning >> > > for possible failure with legacy nvidia cards, otherwise n00bs could >> > > think we are the problem... >> > > >> > > 2012/1/18 Wolfden <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Fabio Erculiani <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > > >> > > I would really like to bump xorg-server to 1.11, but as stated in my >> > > previous post here, nvidia legacy drivers would stop working. >> > > Should we really hold the version bump due to that? I say no. >> > > >> > > Dump your opinion here, I'll take the final decision this weekend >> > > (sooner or later it's going to happen anyway, and NVIDIA doesn't >> > > seem >> > > very reactive in updating their legacy stuff). >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Fabio Erculiani >> > > >> > > >> > > I vote go for it, we are bleeding edge and time to move on. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > KJS >> > > ~wolfden~ >> > > >> > >> > I would rather pick another distro if I needed to run Linux on an older >> > machine, and probably most people would do the same (Puppy or some >> > Ubuntu spinoff), so I say let's get the latest version. >> > Anyways the oldest video card I have is two years old, so for me it's ok >> > :) >> > mic >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Lorenzo Cogotti >> >> > > >
