Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 07:37:01PM - schrieb Grant Edwards: > >> My office setup had three screens, each with four virtual desktops. > >> > >> When using multiple screens, you develop the habit of using one screen > >> for common, always-on stuff (e.g. email, web browser) and the other > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:10 AM Dale wrote: >> I'm back to my old kernel tho since my nvidia-drivers won't work with a >> kernel that high. I run into this on rare occasions. > They are only rare because you aren't updating regularly. > > If you want to run external kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2022-11-21, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > I don't personally remember NVidia ever dropping a card totally > > but I did get confused for awhile when they started segmenting their > > drivers by different families and it was up to me to

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: > On Monday, 21 November 2022 18:12:41 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> You're right, I thought you meant two different monitors in Xinerama >>> style. I didn't know anyone who still uses separate displays >>> (screens) these days. >> >> I found it very helpful when

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Michael
On Monday, 21 November 2022 18:12:41 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: > > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:50:14 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: > >> > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:11:13 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > >> >> I did have to give up

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Laurence Perkins
> -Original Message- > From: Michael > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 9:24 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version > > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:50:14 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: >

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:50:14 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: >> > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:11:13 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: >> > >> >> I did have to give up the option of having multiple X11 >> >> screens. The proprietary

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2022-11-21, Mark Knecht wrote: > I don't personally remember NVidia ever dropping a card totally > but I did get confused for awhile when they started segmenting their > drivers by different families and it was up to me to figure out which > driver package handled my card. IIRC, towards the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Michael
On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:50:14 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: > > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:11:13 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > >> I did have to give up the option of having multiple X11 > >> screens. The proprietary NVidia driver supported multiple screens, > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:11 AM Grant Edwards wrote: > > They always worked great using the NVidia blob drivers, but > using NVidia drivers was a constant source of minor pain. Often kernel > updates had to be postponed until NVidia driver support caught up, and > they too dropped support and

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2022-11-21, Michael wrote: > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:11:13 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > >> I did have to give up the option of having multiple X11 >> screens. The proprietary NVidia driver supported multiple screens, >> but the drivers for built-in Intel and Radeon drivers don't seem >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Michael
On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:11:13 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2022-11-21, Dale wrote: > > I did re-emerge the nvidia drivers for the old kernel. [...] > > > > If I get bored, and it warms up a little, I may build a 5.19 kernel. > > Thing is, by the time I get around to rebooting, nvidia

[gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2022-11-21, Dale wrote: > I did re-emerge the nvidia drivers for the old kernel. [...] > > If I get bored, and it warms up a little, I may build a 5.19 kernel.  > Thing is, by the time I get around to rebooting, nvidia may have updated > and the new one I already got will work.  :/ About 15

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

2022-11-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:10 AM Dale wrote: > > I'm back to my old kernel tho since my nvidia-drivers won't work with a > kernel that high. I run into this on rare occasions. They are only rare because you aren't updating regularly. If you want to run external kernel modules like