[ale] Gentoo Today(was New Nvidia Drivers)

[Omar Chanouha]

Really? I just started using Gentoo about 8mnths ago. I had heard it
used to be the "bleeding edge distro". If so, I think it is better
now. It defaults to emerging only packages deemed stable, and if you
want the latest version of a certain package you can unmask it. You
also have the option of unmasking all packages so you have the most
current version of everything. One of the reasons I love it is because
it is so stable yet very customizable.

I would be interested in getting someone's take on the subject who has
used the distro for a while now. Do you like the "new" gentoo?

Also, why did you have to recompile the kernel, it is just a module?
Is this pre-module days?

Lastly, I do think it is odd that such an important package, with such
a big bugfix wouldn't be pushed to stable sooner. Any thoughts?

-OFosho, Miami Dolphin and Gentoo Aficionado

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jeffrey.hubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had to chuckle a bit...
>
> When I last put Gentoo on an nVidia desktop, the proprietary nVidia
> driver that was selected by Portage as current at that time was too
> *new* for the card; I backed it down a version or two (can't recall
> exactly), recompiled kernel, and all was good.
>
> Omar Chanouha wrote:
>> I don't know if this message will help anyone, but it may.
>>
>> If you happen to be running a desktop with nvidia drivers, and your
>> distro does not automatically update you to the bleeding edge, ie.
>> gentoo. Then you might want to consider getting the new 180.* series
>> of drivers have resolved what I would consider a huge bug with
>> firefox. Prior to updating, certain sites, gmail specifically, would
>> scroll very slowly and hi-res flash videos were very choppy.
>>
>> You can get your current driver number from /proc/driver/nvidia/version
>>
>> and you can test your driver with this site:
>>
>> http://www.gatechdining.com/plans.html
>>
>> Just go there and scroll up and down quickly, if it scrolls your good.
>> If it freezes and your CPU jumps to 99%, your not so good.
>>
>> Hope that is not old news, and helps someone,
>>
>> -OFosho, Miami Dolphin and Relieved Nvidia User
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>