nvidiafb and NVidia X Drivers

[Ben Duncan]

Ok, no problemo ... I rather have X than frame buffering ...
Now, If I could only get the SIL 3112 SATA controller to
quite FUBAR'ing everything up, I would be in great shape ...

Maybe time to rip it out and get a decent SATA controller.

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Ben Duncan wrote:
> 
>>Ok, is there a way to make the Nvidia X driver from Nvidia
>>coexist with the nvidiafb driver, so I can get that cute
>>penguin and frame buffer to work as well as the X stuff?
> 
> 
> No, this isn't possible as both drivers attempt to take ownership of the 
> same hardware, which usually results in bad things hapening.
> 
> 
>>If so, How do I got about doing it ?
>>Right now the Nvidia driver complains about the frame buffer
>>being loaded ... and FWIW, I really like the Nvidia drivers
>>these days ... (Thanks Lonnie) ....
> 
> 
> You're welcome.
> 

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