Could/should the new nvidia driver be added to the release candidate live release ?
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Jan 15 19:38:14 UTC 2009
Linuxguy123 wrote:
> There has been a lot of discussion about how various KDE components
> utilize special graphics routines/modes available on certain video cards
> and that the drivers for certain cards have bugs in them that don't
> allow said KDE components to run properly.
>
> I am wondering if the release candidates shouldn't have the latest and
> greatest nvidia drivers installed on them so that a) the KDE components
> get tested as they were intended to run and b) the nvidia drivers get
> tested too.
>
> Please discuss.
As I understand things, doing as you suggest would make it an
nvidia-only live image (ie, won't work for non-nvidia users). I'm
personally not all that interested in making such a beast, but I
wouldn't be against *someone else* working on it.
-- Rex
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