[indiana-discuss] 101a graphics bug on Tecra M2

[Gilles Gravier]

But Ubuntu offers a VERY SIMPLE interface to do so... where I have to
manually do so, remove packages (who would have known that slim_install
was safe to remove) and then install the package.

Gilles.

Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Oh, we provide the same open source drivers as Linux - due to GPL issues,
> most Linux distros won't bundle any version, current or legacy, of the
> closed drivers like nvidia's - so we're providing a better driver than Linux
> for a subset of nvidia users, it's just that subset has changed to no longer
> include your old laptop.   So you are in the subset, with the vast majority
> of Linux distro users, who have to install using the open source driver and
> then web download the right closed source driver.
>
> 	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
> 	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>   
>> And to think that Linux is so good at supporting legacy drivers.
>>
>> I wonder what our actual target population is... :)
>>
>> Gilles.
>>
>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>     
>>> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Fresh install on 101a RC1b on Toshiba Tecra M2 results in fuzzy display
>>>> and proprietary NVIDIA driver not starting. Forcing it in xorg.conf with
>>>> nvidia-xconfig results in a non working graphics (white screen and no
>>>> GDM login). Had to manually install the driver from NVIDIA's web site...
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> That's not a bug, that's a chipset for which support has been moved from
>>> the bundled nvidia driver to their legacy driver web download - see the
>>> "Special Nvidia Considerations" section of the 101 release announcement:
>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/indiana-discuss/2008-November/013371.html
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
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