On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 15:03, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > Am Montag, 2. Februar 2004 20:38 schrieb Collins Richey: > > On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:09:20 -0600 > > > > Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Collins Richey wrote: > > > >On my AthlonXP with VIA chipset, I cannot use AGP (either kernel or > > > >nvidia option) or nvidia (4496 or earlier levels) locks up tighter > > > >than a drum. I wish that nvidia knew what the [EMAIL PROTECTED] they were doing > > > >when it comes to coding. > > > > > > When I first switched to Gentoo, I tried using the ebuilds for the > > > nvidia kernel and glx and couldn't get them to work right even with > > > the command "opengl-update nvidia". I use the Nvidia packages from > > > nvidia.org and have never had any trouble with them > > > I just this morning downloaded and installed > > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run from nvidia.org and it installed > > > and is running without any problems. I have a Riva TNT2 card > > > > But do you have a VIA chipset? > > Well, I have an athlon, a via-based-board and a nvidia GF3. Only problem is, > that my consolefont changes after starting X. I do not use framebuffer, > because when I do this, I cannot use TV out (vesafb and TV out was working > with some older versions of the driver, something before 4496 iirc). No > problems at all with 3D stuff (playing RtCW, UT2k3 and ssam1&2). I'm using > agpgart. The ebuilds are working perfect for me since I installed gentoo the > first time. > > Michael
Just for the record, I also have a GForce3 on a old via KX133 board and I haven't really had any problems using the nvidia ebuilds and agpgart in the kernel. That being said, I also don't use framebuffer on this computer either. I have had maybe 2 black screen lockups over the past ~6 months, but I am not sure if it was nvidia that caused it or not though. Robert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
