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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] nvidia package = nvidia driver ?
From:       Vincent Panel <cooker.vincent.panel () chello ! be>
Date:       2005-05-31 17:03:36
Message-ID: 200505311903.36682.cooker.vincent.panel () chello ! be
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Le Mardi 31 Mai 2005 17:12, Vincent Panel a écrit  :
> Yes, dkms successfully compile the NVidia driver, I even launched it by
> hand (desinstall, remove, add, build, install) several times and it
> compiles successfully each time. Planescape is another RPG :) I was talking
> about planeshift... however yes, it is specific to this game and even
> specific to the latest version : every other 3d apps I've tried have direct
> rendering (glxgears, ppracer, tuxracer, slune, etc...) and glxinfo confirms
> me this on its third line of output. I'm using the latest cooker so...
> dkms-nvidia-7174-1mdk. I've installed the kernel sources
> (kernel-source-2.6-2.6.11-10mdk) which are the same than the kernel version
> i currently use.
>
> However, I think you made a confusion between the "nvidia" package and the
> "nvidia-kernel" package. I haven't installed the last because I knew it
> wasn't needed. But the "nvidia" package is because it contains all the
> closed source libraries "made in nvidia".
>
> Note that I don't exactly have a problem, (I don't really care about gaming
> :) I just test). But I just wondered what might be the difference between a
> successfull compilation of the nvidia driver with dkms and the genuine
> nvidia driver.

Now wait... I can't reproduce this bug anymore, since I installed the Genuine 
NVidia driver, I went back to the dkms version, and, now planeshift is 
working correctly... I'll try to investigate a bit and send you updates.


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