16249 – Nvidia driver instruction contains wrong module name

Bug 16249 - Nvidia driver instruction contains wrong module name

Summary: Nvidia driver instruction contains wrong module name

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Desktop Configuration Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-02-23 16:39 UTC by aardvark
Modified:	2003-04-28 09:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description aardvark 2003-02-23 16:39:55 UTC

In the Desktop guide users are told to load the module "nvidia" for their emerged 
nvidia driver. This would be correct if the latest nvidia driver (4xxx) would be stable, 
but it isn't and for the stable driver you'll need to load "NVdriver" 
 
For an unsuspecting new gentoo user this can lead to some frustration, and maybe it 
would be nice if it were corrected until the latest NVIDIA driver becomes stable. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. RTF Desktop M 
2. Seek the bit about nvidia driver 
3.  
Actual Results:  
I found an incosistency 

Expected Results:  
Load NVdriver

Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-25 10:13:06 UTC

Fixed

Comment 2 Joe Kowalski 2003-04-27 14:40:26 UTC

Gotta reopen this one now as nvidia-kernel/glx-4349-r2 has been marked stable and the proper module 
name is now "nvidia" again.

Comment 3 aardvark 2003-04-28 09:41:17 UTC

...Ad while we are at it, I also found the link to "advanced Xfree configration" ("this tutorial" right after we are told how to configure X) to be broken.. At least here, there were 3-5 spaces in the address line and it doesn't take you anywhere. That must be an easy fix too ,no?!