MacNean Tyrrell wrote:
Isn't the nv driver the generic driver that comes with xorg?
Yes.
I use the drivers from Nvidia. You have to stop X and run their file from the command line. But once it's installed it's great. I know it's not open sourced but their linux drivers rule. and i believe the driver for it is actually nvidia.
The proprietary nvidia drivers provide accelerated 3d support (OpenGL) as well as TV out support not available in the open source driver. Otherwise there is no appreciable difference.
I do not recommend using the nvidia installer. It is much better to use one of the available packages suitable for your system. The nvidia installer does some nasty file overwrites that make recovering from an installation almost impossible without package management.
Packages for Fedora are available from either atrpms.net, freshrpms.net or rpm.livna.org. I prefer the atrpms repository. For Ubuntu, you need to enable the restricted drivers.
IIRC nv is the generic driver and doesn't do alot. Like if you want XV to work you need the nvidia drivers, nv doesn't work.
Not true. The open source nv driver supports the Xv extension quite well. Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
