Fwd: Re: Rationale for using non-free video drivers in live images

[Corey Velan]

Thanks Andreas!

Corey


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:03 AM, Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:

> On 2014-02-26 01:00, Corey Velan wrote:
> > For nvidia prop drivers, there is the current one, provided by:
> >
> > nvidia-kernel-dkmsxserver-xorg-video-nvidianvidia-glx
> >
> >
> > and 3 legacy ones, provided by:
> >
> >
> nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkmsxserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-173xxnvidia-glx-legacy-173xx
>
> This will only be included in jessie if Xserver stays at 1.15, nvidia
> does not plan further updates.
>
> >
> nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkmsxserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-96xxnvidia-glx-legacy-96xx
>
> This will be only an empty dummy package in jessie, the driver is no
> longer updated for current Xservers.
>
> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-dkmsxserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-71xx
> >
> > nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx
>
> This is only a "cleanup" package in wheezy, the driver is no longer
> updated for current Xservers.
>
> > Is it recommended we install all 12 packages for maximum
> > compatibility? Or is Nouveau known to overlap with some of the legacy
> > ones?  Is there any guidance on compatability vs space usage?
>
> so only focus on nvidia-driver and nvidia-legacy-173xx-driver
>
>
> Andreas
>



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