[LAU] UbuntuStudio/nVidia/rt

[Cory K.]

Hartmut Noack wrote:
> Cory K. schrieb:
> > Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Cory K. <coryisatm at gmail.com>
> wrote:   
> >>> NOT true. ;) nVidia/ATI drivers in Ubuntu repo work just fine with
> -rt.  
> >> No, unfortunately you didn't read what I said. I didn't say they
> >> wouldn't work. I said they are not supported. Please read what you
> >> quoted directly above.
> > *MANY* new users not familiar with -rt will read "not supported" as I
> > can't use the closed drivers with -rt. I've seen it many, many, many
> > times on my support ML already.
>
> I back that - it is important to spread word that stuff like
> NVIDIA-Drivers DO work with rt-patched Kernels too if the distro-people
>  make them run - in Ubuntu Studio it works fine.
>
> So support/bug reporting for the rt-patches themself is a different
> manner but it needs to be spelled out correctly, that there s a major
> difference between "not supported" and "does not run". 4 out of 5
> newbies and 2 out of 5 experienced users cannot tell the difference at
> first sight because "supported" and "working" is mixed up frequently.

Sure. we went through great pains to make sure they worked. Watch out
for DKMS. (http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml) It should help the use
of proprietary (or otherwise) drivers and kernels. I have to look into
it a bit still.

-Cory K.