If you're goign to use the nvidia-kernel package, you need to take out the riva part. That's the rivafb module, and it conflicts with the nvidia provided driver. You'll get better performance with teh nvidia driver, although you'll also run the chance of less stability.
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:08:57 -0500, Creamer, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Over the weekend I noticed that in menuconfig, there is something like NVidia > Riva GeForce support. My > video card is a GeForce 5700 FX or something like that. I tried it, but it > conflicts with the emerged > nvidia-kernel. Should I ignore the Riva GeForce support then? > > <mc> > > -----Original Message----- > From: ardour [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] starting over > > Creamer, Mark wrote: > > >Hi all, I'm going to attempt to start over on my gentoo install. There are > >too many remaining issues > I > >haven't been able to fix, and maybe I'll have better results now that I've > >been through it once. One > >question - what determines whether it's better to compile a particular > >component into the kernel, as > >opposed to as a module? I'm mostly asking about: > > > >USB (for mouse and keyboard) > >Sound Card > >NIC > >Nvidia driver > > > > > > Don't think it matters. I have everything in the kernel, except for the > nvidia driver from nvidia which isn't part of the kernel. > > >I really want to use 3D, and it worked fine in my previous SuSE install. Has > >anyone been able to > >successfully get Nvidia 3D to work with Gentoo? Should I be using different > >sources rather than > >gentoo-dev-sources? > > > > > > You don't need to enable this in the kernel. Just emerge nvidia-kernel > and nvidia-glx and you're set. > > >Thanks for everyone's help - I really appreciate it. > > > >Mark Creamer > > > >This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be > >confidential and privileged. If > you receive this e-mail and you are not a named addressee you are hereby > notified that you are not > authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication > without the consent of the > sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply to > the message immediately > by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, > please delete and otherwise > erase it and any attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in > correcting this error is > appreciated. > > > >-- > >[email protected] mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be > confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail and you are not a > named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, > print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of > the sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply > to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was > misdirected. After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any > attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this > error is appreciated. > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
