[Cialug] graphics accelerator

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I'm using the nvidia driver on an old mx400 card with redhat enterprise
workstation 3.x without issue. I've never had a lockup or any other
problems.

The only pita is that when I do a kernel update, I need to do a driver
update/reinstall too. 


On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 08:52, Jerry Heiselman wrote:
> I agree with the nVidia assessment.  They may be closed-source for
> their drivers, but they seem to be willing to at least help out the
> open-source community.  I have never had any issues with nVidia in
> Linux, just make sure you get a bit older of a card. 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> On 5/8/06, Nathan C. Smith <smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
>         Don't be afraid of nVidia even if it is proprietary.  It works
>         well. (I
>         suppose that is what is on your Dell machine at work no that's
>         I've said
>         something nice about it)
>         
>         Also, Matrox is still available - although they might be more
>         in the 2D 
>         high-performance area.
>         
>         Probably the best thing to do is find a card that is not too
>         new and has
>         good OpenG/L support?
>         
>         -Nate
>         
>         > -----Original Message-----
>         > From: Daniel A. Ramaley [mailto: daniel.ramaley at DRAKE.EDU]
>         > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 10:30 PM
>         > To: cialug at cialug.org
>         > Subject: [Cialug] graphics accelerator 
>         >
>         >
>         > My current primary computer at home is about 8 years old.
>         > I've decided
>         > it is time to build a new one. Since i last built a machine
>         > it appears
>         > the graphics card industry has gone through quite a 
>         > shakedown, leaving
>         > just ATI and nVidia. And as far as i can tell so far, both
>         companies
>         > are opposed to open source. Are there any modern graphics
>         > cards with 3D
>         > acceleration that have open source drivers? 
>         >
>         > After the experience of running an ATI closed-source driver
>         > on my Dell
>         > computer at work, i do not want any proprietary garbage on
>         my home
>         > machine. When using the proprietary driver on my work
>         machine 
>         > it is the
>         > most unstable Linux box i've seen in years; about once a
>         week
>         > i have to
>         > SSH in and reboot it because the graphics card decides to
>         > wedge. There
>         > is an open source driver that i also use. When using the
>         open-source 
>         > drive i give up 3D acceleration and some 2D performance in
>         > exchange for
>         > the usual rock-solid stability that open source offers. I'm
>         just
>         > wondering if there are any cards out there where such 
>         > sacrifices do not
>         > have to be made. It looks like there is a group trying to
>         > design a card
>         > to work wonderfully with open source (Google "open-graphics"
>         > for info),
>         > but it looks like they are a few years from production
>         hardware, if 
>         > they ever get there.
>         >
>         >
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>         > Dan Ramaley                            Dial Center 118,
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