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[Lonni J Friedman]

On 11/12/07, François Patte <francois.patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman a écrit :
> > On 11/12/07, François Patte <francois.patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr> wrote:
> >> Lonni J Friedman a écrit :
> >>> 100.14.11 hasn't been supported in many months, and wouldn't be
> >>> expected to work in a recent kernel.  You should be using 100.14.19
> >> Found that one. Compiling and installing went smoothly. Thanks. But I
> >> did not succeed in using it because something is missing in /dev and X
> >> did not find any screen.
> >>
> >> I tried to force the options to have the devices created (according to
> >> the readme) but this failed. I don't know why; this is the first time I
> >> encounter such a problem with nvidia driver.
> >
> > Then follow the instructions in the driver README.
>
> I tried to... But I missed something!

The README tells you what to do, and where to go if you need
assistance.  This mailing list is not really the  best place to go for
nvidia driver specific problems.

>
> >> The "good" readme is unfortunately the one you get once the driver is
> >> installed...
> >
> > No, its also available on NVIDIA's website.
>
> Found one but some details that I could see in the on board readme were
> not in the in line readme... There are some problem with the in line
> doc: I begin from the French nvidia web site and some information or
> download are not easily available by this way (for instance I did not
> found the 100.14.23 package. Once I was searching the last x86_64
> driver, and I got it through the american web site)...
>
> >
> >> BTW is there a place where to read a comprehensive list of optin
> >> "NVreg"? with explanations?
> >
> > The driver README lists what is supported.
>
> In fact I am searching information on "mobile" option: I read on some
> list that this is important to have my laptop hibernating but it is not
> clear at all: some say that this option must be set at 1 others at 3,
> others at 4....
>
> All what I could see is that this option must set but it is not well
> working for my laptop (toshiba; hibernating and resuming take a long
> time) and I would like to find the best way.
>
> I try these "experiences" with the livna driver but I was wondering if
> the "official" driver from nvidia was not better for this purpose.

Its all the same driver.

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