On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 17:07 +0200, Markku Kaukinen wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:51 +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote: > > > For your information, nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776 and xorg-server-1.0.2-r7 > > are compatible; -1.0.8776 and the xorg-server-1.1.1 series are not. > > Reason is changes in xorg-server, and if you try the combination > > -1.0.8776 and -1.1.1, you should not get anywhere at all: it flat out > > won't work. I don't know off hand what xorg-server version the > > nvidia-drivers-1.0.9xxx need. The ebuilds will let you build an > > incompatible pairing. > > > > Are you sure, I think it was version prior 1.0.8776 that had problems with > xorg 1.1.1. >
Not any more. > At least this is what I have and absolutely no problems: > > #emerge --search nvidia-drivers xorg-server > Searching... > [ Results for search key : nvidia-drivers ] > [ Applications found : 1 ] > > * x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers > Latest version available: 1.0.8776 > Latest version installed: 1.0.8776 > Size of files: 25,303 kB > Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ > Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries > License: NVIDIA > > > Searching... > [ Results for search key : xorg-server ] > [ Applications found : 1 ] > > * x11-base/xorg-server > Latest version available: 1.1.1-r1 > Latest version installed: 1.1.1-r1 > Size of files: 9,170 kB > Homepage: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/ > Description: X.Org X servers > License: xorg-server MIT > > > > -- Markku > > I was sure until I read your letter. Now I'm confused. :) I thought I knew where the xorg-server change was introduced, but either I didn't or else the nvidia-driver doesn't care. So, I defer to someone who knows. Sorry for causing confusion. Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc)
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