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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 package

  1. Bug #248722
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 248722

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Re: [Bug 248722] Re: [Intrepid] MacBook Pro DVI out does not work - no chance to use external monitor or beamer

On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 10:31 +0000, oss_test_launchpad wrote:
> Thank you for this information. As I was told in
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/61447, the default open
> source "nv" driver and the "nouveau" driver are just the same. Are you
> saying this information is wrong?

This information is indeed wrong. I'm updating the answer now.

The 'nv' driver is maintained by an nvidia employee, and is generally
fairly feature-poor (not much acceleration, no 3d, poor dual-head, etc).
The nouveau driver is a community project that aims to provide a
feature-complete open-source driver, and has no nvidia backing. The
nouveau drivers are experimental - many things work, and many cards work
much better than with the nv drivers, but some cards don't work at all.