Chris Stankevitz wrote: > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm reading all these messages about Nvidia driver versions causing problems >> and I'm wondering if for my next box I should just stick with radeon, which >> has not really given me any trouble for as long as I can remember. > Mick, > > I've been running nvidia-drivers on my Gentoo laptop for three years > and have two major problems: > > 1. Any particular nvidia driver version is only compatible with only > certain kernel versions. This condition is due to the way the NVIDIA > driver works. Gentoo portage was just not designed to handle such a > rule "package x requires kernel y" so it is left to us users to deal > with via masks. For some reason (?) I only had to deal with this rule > during the period ~July 2013 - October 2013. > > 2. The latest stable version of the nvidia drivers do not allow > gnome-terminal windows to close. This problem too just started > happening after years of trouble-free gnome-terminal closing. > > It is frustrating... but I'm stuck with NVIDIA-drivers because I use > CUDA. If 1) this sort of thing bothers you and 2) radeon doesn't have > similar problems, then by all means please switch to radeon and let us > know how it goes! > > PS: Installing the CUDA runtime and SDK is easier on Gentoo than on > any other linux distro. > > Chris > >
I to have been using Nvidia video cards for years with little problem. Lately tho, my motto has started showing. If it ain't working, switch to something else. I like Nvidia cards but if they won't work right, that's a problem. Mick, if you switch, let us know how it went. I know at one time Radeon cards were a nightmare. That was a while back tho. No clue on current things although I hear about less problems too. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
