Nvidia sucks, sucks, sucks !

Grumpy Penguin grumpypenguin at qwest.net
Fri Nov 10 23:13:28 UTC 2006


On Thursday 09 November 2006 10:34, Kim Lux wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:28 +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> > Kim Lux wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:20 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> > >> How much do you really need 3D graphics?
> > >
> > > I don't use 3D graphics at all.  I understand the latest version of the
> > > Nvida driver supports that, but I'm not using it.
> >
> > Kim, just use the "nv" driver instead of the nvidia binary one!
>
> What nv driver ?
>
> > The nv driver is open source and does not have the kernel dependency.
> > And it works fine if you don't need 3d (has xv and so on).
>
> Does it support dual head operation ?
Is this on a laptop?
I can get my laptop to run either built in screen or external monitor ..but 
not both at the same time
>
> --
> Kim Lux,  Diesel Research Inc.




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