07.04.2012 14:17, Thomas Backlund kirjoitti: > 07.04.2012 03:41, Pascal Terjan skrev: >> Hi, >> >> regarding http://check.mageia.org/cauldron/tmb/dependencies.html do you >> know if nvidia173/kmod-nvidia173 and nvidia-96xx/kmod-nvidia96xx should >> be obsoleted by something (nouveau?)? >> > > Well, > > kmod-nvidia96xx/173 and the matching nvidia*kernel*latest can simply be > nuked from the repos as they are Cauldron only packages > > So it leaves theese: > dkms-nvidia96xx > nvidia96xx-devel > nvidia96xx-doc-html > x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx > > dkms-nvidia173 > nvidia173-cuda > nvidia173-devel > nvidia173-doc-html > x11-driver-video-nvidia173 > > I guess the dkms-nvidia96xx/173 packages should be obsoleted by kernel, > and the x11-driver-video-nvidia96xx/173 should be obsoleted by > x11-driver-video-nouveau.
Either that or add conflicts to X11 server, I guess. > Hmmm, do we need triggers to handle gl.conf for nvidia like we need for > fglrx ? > > Anssi, wdyt ? harddrake_service should already change the driver if ldetect-lst indicates so. >> I don't know anything about nvidia but internet says 173 and 96xx are >> not compatible with x11-server 1.11 >> Compatibility with 1.10 was added in the latest version, in August last >> year, 6 months after 1.10 was released, and a week before 1.11 was >> released. It has now been more than 6 months since 1.11 was released, >> 1.12 was released last month, so should we still expect 1.11 (and recent >> kernels) support to happen? > > It does not really seem like nVidia will support them, but I can be wrong... > > Anssi ? I don't have any additional information, but I wouldn't rule new releases out, there have been long delays previously as well... -- Anssi Hannula
