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Re: nVidia driver incompatible

To: Cliff Wells <clifforddwells@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: nVidia driver incompatible
From: Jarek Luberek <jarek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:36:19 +0200
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tuesday 19 June 2001 22:52, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know this is just a test release, but you should
> know that the nVidia driver available from the nVidia
> website doesn't work when installed on the Redhat
> 7.1-XFS system.
> I installed using the Redhat 7.1-XFS CD and everything
> worked fine (including the XFree86 default nv driver)
> but when I installed the accelerated nVidia driver my
> screen just blanks over and over again. I wish I could
> give you more information, but I had to have my
> machine back up so I reinstalled the stock Redhat
> system. I would have stuck with the default nv driver
> but the accelerated driver from nVidia makes a HUGE
> difference in performance.
FWIW, it did not work properly for me (i.e. random lockups)
until 2.4.6-pre3-xfs. 

Greetings,
Jarek

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