Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.10 breaks nvidia-drivers
On Sunday 03 April 2011 01:30:24 Elaine C. Sharpe wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 10:30:02PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 04/02/2011 06:25 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Saturday 02 April 2011 12:32:32 walt wrote: > > >> I had the same problem with slow bug-fixes for the older chipsets like > > >> mine. > > > > > > Is this the moment to upgrade your video card? They seem to be cheap > > > enough, even here in UK. > > > > On the other hand, xorg-server 1.9.5 is perfectly fine! ;-) > > A lot cheaper than upgrading my video card, too -- they only sell > the video card I need when you buy the whole laptop! Oh, well. It was just a thought. -- Rgds Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.10 breaks nvidia-drivers
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 10:30:02PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 04/02/2011 06:25 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday 02 April 2011 12:32:32 walt wrote: > > > >> I had the same problem with slow bug-fixes for the older chipsets like > >> mine. > > > > Is this the moment to upgrade your video card? They seem to be cheap enough, > > even here in UK. > > On the other hand, xorg-server 1.9.5 is perfectly fine! ;-) A lot cheaper than upgrading my video card, too -- they only sell the video card I need when you buy the whole laptop! -- caveat utilitor
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.10 breaks nvidia-drivers
On 04/02/2011 06:25 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday 02 April 2011 12:32:32 walt wrote: I had the same problem with slow bug-fixes for the older chipsets like mine. Is this the moment to upgrade your video card? They seem to be cheap enough, even here in UK. On the other hand, xorg-server 1.9.5 is perfectly fine! ;-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.10 breaks nvidia-drivers
On Saturday 02 April 2011 12:32:32 walt wrote: > I had the same problem with slow bug-fixes for the older chipsets like mine. Is this the moment to upgrade your video card? They seem to be cheap enough, even here in UK. -- Rgds Peter
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.10 breaks nvidia-drivers
On 04/01/2011 01:23 PM, Yohan Pereira wrote: On Friday 01 Apr 2011 08:39:04 PM walt wrote: > The good old nv driver still works with 1.10, happily. have you tried nouveau? works well here. Yes, a few months ago, but I had the same problem with slow bug-fixes for the older chipsets like mine. The drivers worked well about 90% of the time and were unusable the other 10%. I reverted to xorg 1.95 and all is good again :)
