Bug 148171

Summary:	GeForce3 Ti 500 with DVI needs <=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8178*
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Trent Apted <tapted>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	wolf31o2
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Trent Apted 2006-09-19 02:55:14 UTC

Very obscure, I know, and unlikely to effect many people. But something you might want to be aware of.

I am currently using

media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r4
media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.8178-r1

These work fine, but are scheduled for removal on the 29th of September, 2006.

Switching to x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers is not an option, because of the problem described here:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=69418

Which I stumbled upon last time I tried upgrading past 8178 and again when I just tried x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774 (I'll attach my xorg log). My feeling is that this is due to a bug introduced by nvidia, which they may decide to fix in a future release.

x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers might be an option. However, these are a bit more dated; currently at 7184.

Also the fix for the problem, when using latest nvidia-drivers is very obscure. Rather than getting a 'this video card is not supported' (prompting one to probably try legacy-drivers), you instead get something like

(EE) NVIDIA(0): The requested configuration of display devices is not
(EE) NVIDIA(0): supported in the hardware.

which is very misleading.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-19 02:58:05 UTC

That's what x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers is for.

Comment 2 Trent Apted 2006-09-19 03:09:19 UTC

Yes, obviously.

The bug is that nvidia-drivers claims that it supports the card, when it clearly does not for versions greater than 8178.

Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-19 08:58:45 UTC

Well, that would be an issue for NVIDIA to work out.  We have no control over their binary drivers.