nightmorph 07/07/31 21:07:35 Modified: nvidia-guide.xml Log: removed stuff about legacy-drivers and nvidia-glx, as cardoe has kicked the first out of portage and the second has been gone more than a year
Revision Changes Path 1.42 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.42&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.42&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?r1=1.41&r2=1.42 Index: nvidia-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.41 retrieving revision 1.42 diff -u -r1.41 -r1.42 --- nvidia-guide.xml 22 Jul 2007 07:32:10 -0000 1.41 +++ nvidia-guide.xml 31 Jul 2007 21:07:35 -0000 1.42 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.41 2007/07/22 07:32:10 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.42 2007/07/31 21:07:35 nightmorph Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.32</version> -<date>2007-07-22</date> +<version>1.33</version> +<date>2007-07-31</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -46,27 +46,12 @@ </p> <p> -Currently, there are two driver packages in the tree, though this will be -reduced to just one package in the near future. The first, -<c>nvidia-drivers</c>, contains the latest drivers from nVidia with support for -<e>all</e> cards, with several versions available depending on how old your -card is. It uses an eclass to detect what kind of card you're running so that it -installs the proper version. The second package, <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c>, -supports older cards. It is deprecated in favor of the all-inclusive -<c>nvidia-drivers</c> package, which contains the same driver version(s). <b>Do -not install <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c></b>; it's only kept in the tree to give -its current users time to switch over to the new package. You should only use -<c>nvidia-drivers</c>, as explained in the next chapter. +The <c>nvidia-drivers</c> package contains the latest drivers from nVidia with +support for <e>all</e> cards, with several versions available depending on how +old your card is. It uses an eclass to detect what kind of card you're running +so that it installs the proper version. </p> -<note> -Previously, Gentoo provided separate ebuilds for the nVidia kernel module -(<c>nvidia-kernel</c>) and the X11 GLX libraries (<c>nvidia-glx</c>). These -ebuilds have since been removed from the Portage tree in favor of -<c>nvidia-drivers</c>. If you use <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c>, -then you should migrate to the newer packages. -</note> - </body> </section> </chapter> @@ -109,12 +94,6 @@ <uri>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/100.14.11/README/appendix-a.html</uri>. </p> -<impo> -The <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c> package is deprecated and should not be -installed on a fresh system. Although it is a 71xx driver, the corresponding -71xx driver version found in <c>nvidia-drivers</c> should be used instead. -</impo> - </body> </section> </chapter> @@ -455,7 +434,7 @@ and change graphical settings without restarting the X server and is available through Portage as <c>media-video/nvidia-settings</c>. As mentioned earlier, it will be pulled in automatically if you install -<c>>=media-video/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09</c> with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set +<c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09</c> with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> or in <path>/etc/portage/package.use</path>. </p> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
