On 32-bit Linux systems and 64-bit Linux (no PCI express, yet) I have had good luck with the Nvidia proprietary graphics driver. However I am only using one graphics card and one display.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry it's not x86_64 story. > http://www.otukare.org/~hiroki/gentoo/config-a8n-sli-d.txt > http://www.otukare.org/~hiroki/gentoo/dmesg-a8n-sli-d.txt > http://www.otukare.org/~hiroki/gentoo/lspci-a8n-sli-d.txt > > - Asus A8N SLI Deluxe > - Athlon64 3500+ -march=athlon-xp, i686-pc-linux-gnu > - 4x 512G Samsung pc3200 > - onboard SiliconImage 3114 -> WD740 > (CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_SIL) > - onboard Marvell 88E8001 (CONFIG_SK98LIN) > - onboard nVidia ethernet controller > (CONFIG_FORCEDETH) > - onboard sound (CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0) > - GeForce 6800GT PCIe -> 2x dfp via dvi > - usb mouse > - kernel 2.6.10 and Xorg 6.8.2 > It works fine. > > Also I try to use 2x 6800GT PCIe video cards > - SLI config card is Dual side > - No SLI bridge connection > - BusID "PCI:1:0:0" and "PCI:2:0:0" for each Device > section > and no problem. > > So I imagine SLI mobo isn't bad solution for me why > - I hate proprietary binaries -> Xorg's drivers > - I want to use modern components -> driver "nv" or > "radeon" > - I can't live without dual-headed portrait -> > driver "nv" > However, this environment is too slow to use > so I quit portrait in tears. > > Hiroki > > At Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:32:07 -0800 (PST), > Richard Ruth wrote: > > I am about to build a new Gentoo system and want > to > > base it on an AMD64 PCI-express motherboard. > (Nvidia > > nForce 4 chipset.) > > > > I am planning to put in one GeForce 6800GT > graphics > > board and two pair of Corsair Twinx DDR400 simms. > > > > I would like to ensure that the onboard sound, > network > > ports, usb etc. work under Gentoo. > > > > Any recommendations on motherboards or comments > would > > be appreciated. (If there is a web-site or other > > thread that covers this, please let me know.) > > > > Thanks > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
