nvidia legacy driver update for Xorg 1.8 available

[James McKenzie]

Boris Glawe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does anybody know whether there will be rpm packages for legacy nvidia 
> drivers (173.xx) on e.g. rpmfusion or any other repository?
You will have to ask nVidia that question.  From what I gather on other 
support fora, these drivers are EOL and no longer supported.

If you want to ask RPMFusion, you have to ask there.  RPMFusion, dispite 
what they say, is not supported nor even entertained here.
>
> Nvidia has updated the 173.xx drivers and have added support for Xorg 
> 1.8:
> http://www.nvidia.de/object/linux-display-ia32-173.14.27-driver-de.html
>
> I know, that there's the nouveau drivers, but its bad 2D performance 
> is unbearable on my old machine. Performance with both 2D and 3D was 
> good on F12 with nvidia's driver.
One question, what does Xorg Server 1.8 provide that you REALLY have to 
have?

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James McKenzie