On 11/9/06, Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 10:38 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 11/9/06, Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 10:26 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > > On 11/9/06, Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 09:42 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > > > > Does it support dual head operation ? > > > > > Yes, however its one head per GPU. > > > > > > > > How many GPUs does a GeForce FX Go5700 have ? > > > > > > one > > > > Well, that answers that, doesn't it ! If I want dual monitors (I need > > them) I have to build drivers or wait for livna. That sucks ! > > sucks why? I still don't understand why its so painful for you to > (re)install the nvidia driver whenever you change kernels (ignoring > the livna issues). let see... if the nvidia driver was part of the regular kernel driver set *like all the other hardware drivers are* then switching kernels is as fast as rebooting.
But its not, and that isn't anything new. Are you saying that you failed to be aware of that until recently, or that you just didn't make any effort to research the hardware you were purchasing?
Instead, when I reboot I get a command line instead of a graphical login screen and then I have to build a driver with ./NVIDIA*9629*.run. And with new kernels, it only works 50% of the time. When it fails you have
No, it works 100% of the time assuming that you're not using an old version of the nvidia driver. The kernel header change issue is *not* an issue with 1.0-9629. So if you hit that problem you were doing something very wrong on your end. 1.0-9629 just works(tm) on all of my FC6 systems.
to download a new installer and try it or go search to see what other people are doing to make it build. This isn't the first time I've had issues building an nvidia driver. I've been running this laptop for 2 years.
Right, and every time you come on here bitching & moaning and numerous people point out how your problems are due to ignorance and/or laziness on yoru part. Your response is always a rant on how "linux isn't ready for the desktop" or "my mother couldn't do that". You're quickly turning into the list troll.
The best was the time I had to test something under both a plain and smp kernel. Every time I switched I had to build a new driver. The switch took longer than the testing.
Then your test plan is broken. Please stop your trolling & FUD campaign, its growing old, and you're boring. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
