With 9.1, I haven't had any problem with the Nvidia drivers, but my cards are all at least a year old, so I can't guarantee what happens with the newest hardware. I've been using the proprietary Nvidia drivers for a couple of years now, with cards from the old TNT to GeForce (depending on which machine I'm using) and they've been trouble-free. Proprietary or not, Nvidia seems to have their act together with Linux support, and the installation has gotten easier over time (now it's just a .run, unless you are installing under SuSe, and then you need to jump through some relatively simple steps). I truly believe that we Linux users should buy our hardware from companies that go the extra step to fully support our systems, even if the support is in a proprietary format.
e. On Saturday 20 December 2003 09:34 pm, Ramin M wrote: > I have heard that nvidia graphic cards usually work > better under linux and mandrake already includes them > in the power pack version like the ati drivers. Do you > know about if they are trouble free unlike the ati > cards? I am thinking to buy one and sell out my ati > card. Financially this is not much loss. > Regards, Ramin > > --- "E. Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had > problems with the Mobility version of this > > > card on a laptop. There is > > something wrong with the "dri" (direct rendering) > > implementation with the > > drivers, but I haven't heard that the problem > > extends beyond the mobility > > chip. My lockups would occur at shutdown, however, > > and only very rarely > > during use. Just as a test, you might try > > commenting out the # Load "dri" > > line in your xconfig-4 "Module" section, to see if > > the problem might go away. > > GLX doesn't look too good if your system acts up > > running gears, either, but > > one thing at a time. > > > > Perhaps SuSe is writing the xconfig-4 file for the > > Radeon somewhat differently > > than Mandrake does it? For the record, I like SuSe > > a lot, but use Mandrake > > because I like the Mandrake config tools better than > > YAST. > > > > e > > > > On Saturday 20 December 2003 07:46 am, Ramin M > > > > wrote: > > > Another problem during the installation was that > > > > the > > > > > second time that i installed mk9.2 (i had to do > > > > this > > > > > for some reason), it detected two graphic cards on > > > > my > > > > > machine (on pci buses 1:5:0 and 1:5:1) where there > > > > is > > > > > only one graphic card. Running glxgears after the > > > first installation was giving me 2600fps and now > > > > after > > > > > the second installation it gives 1900fps. Besides > > > running glxgears now causes lines of lights > > > > flashing > > > > > on my monitor and make the OS very unstable. I > > > > just > > > > > removed the lines related to the second graphic > > > > card > > > > > in etc/x11/xconfig-4 file and the xwindows is > > > > still > > > > > working. So the problem might be related to this > > > > bad > > > > > detection of the graphic card! > > > > > > My hardwares are as follows: > > > motherboard: Asus A7M266-D > > > CPU: MP2000 dual processor > > > sound card: sound blaster live! (dolby 5.1) > > > graphic card: ATI 9000pro > > > > > > > > > > > > scsi adapter: Adatec 29160 U160 > > > three scsi hard disks from fujitsu and seagate 15k > > > > and > > > > > 10k rpms. > > > minolta scan elite scsi scanner > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
