Bug 137284

Summary:	invalid blocker - nvidia-glx with xorg 7.1
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Zdenek Behan <rain>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Zdenek Behan 2006-06-19 12:14:15 UTC

It is true that xorg 7.1 brought brand new driver ABI, and so the nvidia-glx should theoretically not work, but the fact is that it DOES work, and correctly.

There's a thread on nvnews about that: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=70476
Some people on the thread end are sharing their experience that it works.

Also, somewhere on the same forum, i saw a Nvidia developer saying that the current drivers should work for the most part, they only generate a warning at X start. And they really do work. Thanks to this fact, it also seems there won't be a rush to have the new drivers with full 7.1 support out anytime soon.

For that reason, i believe the blocker for xorg-7.1 & nvidia-glx-8762 should be removed, as it is uncessary, and instead replaced with some sort of I_KNOW_I_SUCK_FOR_USING_UNSTABLE_STUFF=1 emerge nvidia-glx, as this setup is keyword masked anyways, and most people using it should already be aware that they aren't running stable stuff, so a simple warning about the risks that it might not work (but most probably will) should be enough, and before this goes stable, new drivers will already be out.

At least i am running that setup now, and it works without problems, and according to all the forums, i believe many more people do.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-19 12:15:40 UTC

No, it doesn't... Search bugzilla.