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[LUG] Comparing proprietary nVidia drivers with Free ones

 

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:22:07 +0100
Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 04:57:24PM +0100, Grant Sewell wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:48:49 +0100
> > Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:56:28PM +0100, Henry Bremridge wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 01:07:50PM +0100, james kilty wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 21:42 +0100, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Suspend-to-Disk. Uses no power, starts back up in a couple
> > > > > > of seconds, and everything’s exactly as you left it.
> > > > > I tried that for the first time - veryy quick indeed. But no
> > > > > Firefox stored tabs.
> > > > > 
> > > > How do you get Suspend to Disk working on a desktop? (Debian
> > > > running lenny)
> > > 
> > > Install the ‘hibernate’ package; that gives you a hibernate
> > > command which tries several different methods.
> > 
> > Hibernate package installed on my Ubuntu 8.04.2 laptop... both
> > hibernate-ram and hibernate-disk fail.  The reason?  I am using
> > nVidia's own 'driver' rather than the Free one.  It's in the list of
> > modules blacklisted for removal when hibernating of any kind.
> > 
> > When I can be bothered, I'll try doing so using the Free nVidia
> > 'drivers' and see if it works any better. :)
> 
> Yes, both the proprietary nvidia driver and the proprietary ati one
> are full of hate. You can have it unload the driver before
> hibernating, but that doesn’t work while X is running. Alternatively,
> you can force it to hibernate even though blacklisted drivers are
> loaded, and when it resumes your display is unusable until you
> reboot. Helpful, isn’t it? :)

About as helpful as a chocolate fireguard.

I haven't looked into the Free nVidia drivers in quite a while - how do
they fair with regard to the "fancy" 3D things like Compiz?

Grant.

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