311869 – nvidia-guide: note about <x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.14

Bug 311869 - nvidia-guide: note about <x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.14

Summary: nvidia-guide: note about <x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.14

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	nm (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-g...
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Reported:	2010-03-29 05:55 UTC by Azamat H. Hackimov
Modified:	2010-05-14 22:22 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Azamat H. Hackimov 2010-03-29 05:55:43 UTC

Since x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-71.86.11 and ~x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3 are masked in package.mask, in nvidia-guide following string is obsoleted:

"The oldest NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) require the 71.x drivers (such as nvidia-drivers-71.86.01). For these cards, you should mask >=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-87.00 in /etc/portage/package.mask."

Instead there must be note that NV2-based cards are not supported by nVidia. For these cards users only can use standard xorg driver nv (or nuveau).

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-05-14 22:22:38 UTC

Thanks for reporting. Fixed in CVS.