Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/04/12 00:32, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Am 11.04.2012 23:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >> >>> Unless you need to use the console (nvidia-drivers don't provide a KMS >>> fb console,) there's no reason to use Nouveau at the moment. The binary >>> drivers perform better and save much more energy. With Nouveau, your >>> GPU will be running full-on constantly. NVidia's drivers will reduce >>> clocks and voltages when the card is idle. >> >> Additional question: >> >> what do you have for VIDEO_CARDS? >> >> my make.conf: >> >> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa" > > Mine: > > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" > > "nv" is for the old, deprecated 2D-only driver that should not be used > anymore. "vesa" is for the generic VESA driver. It's still good as an > emergency backup. > > Note that after changing VIDEO_CARDS, it's best to "emerge -uDN world && > emerge -a --depclean". > > >
Somewhat related question. I use the Nvidia drivers here and have not had any issues in a while. How does one use VESA if the Nvidia drivers fail? One used to change it in xorg.conf but most don't have a xorg.conf any more. Just curious. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
