Yes I know that it is closed source and that nv doesn't support all card options. I used to use nVidia's drivers many years ago ... when I first found out about them ... (checked my nVidia directory ... July 19 2002: driver 2960) My question was simply which driver I need coz I thought the nv driver might handle it and I wouldn't have to change drivers - which someone has already answered. So when I next can stop X, I'll swap over. As for nVidia: That is their choice - why force your opinion on them? They provide linux drivers for free (and have for years) - better than many companies ... Do you provide the linux community with something as good as they do that is used by so many people for free? ... Reading your comment seems to be very critical of nVidia. Though, of course, I could have read your comment wrong ... On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 17:48 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Andrew writes: > > > Can I do that with the nv driver or do I need the driver from > > nVidia? > > You need to use Nvidia's closed-source binary driver. Nvidia refuses to > disclose the technical specification of their graphics hardware, as the > result the free nv driver does not support all features of most Nvidia > cards.
