nvidiafb and NVidia X Drivers

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Ben Duncan wrote:
> 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.

I hear that the nForce SATA controllers are decent ;)

>
> 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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