Unified driver?

synecdoche · 06-14-03, 05:53 PM

Under what circumstances would I need the unified driver? I recently bought a computer that had all onboard nvidia parts-- the graphics card, the sound card, and the network card-- and was wondering if I should go for this on my mandrake 9.1 system or if I should just find individual drivers for each.

Thanks.
I am new to Linux and still learning the ropes, so any help is greatly appreciated.

-dave

maliqua · 06-14-03, 11:29 PM

Here's the dilly
use the unified driver thing its not as unified in linux as it is in windows its just basically a package with all the drivers in it you can install them individually

its a pretty good driver

the only other option is OSS and you have to pay for that

shassard · 06-15-03, 09:26 AM

As far as I know, the sound on the nforce board is just a standard AC97 and is supported by all of the generic Intel8x0 drivers in all sound packages be it OSS/Free or Alsa.

If you're doing anything serious with audio, you should really try out alsa (http://www.alsa-project.org/). I'm pretty sure that the nforce audio is well supported.

06-14-03, 05:53 PM	#1
synecdoche Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1	Unified driver? Under what circumstances would I need the unified driver? I recently bought a computer that had all onboard nvidia parts-- the graphics card, the sound card, and the network card-- and was wondering if I should go for this on my mandrake 9.1 system or if I should just find individual drivers for each. Thanks. I am new to Linux and still learning the ropes, so any help is greatly appreciated. -dave

06-14-03, 11:29 PM	#2
maliqua Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1	Here's the dilly use the unified driver thing its not as unified in linux as it is in windows its just basically a package with all the drivers in it you can install them individually its a pretty good driver the only other option is OSS and you have to pay for that __________________ if developers hate M$ then why develop for there platform, we the coders determine the platform of choice, stop letting the corporations decide for you!

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06-15-03, 09:26 AM	#3
shassard Asus Geforce FX 5600 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 36	As far as I know, the sound on the nforce board is just a standard AC97 and is supported by all of the generic Intel8x0 drivers in all sound packages be it OSS/Free or Alsa. If you're doing anything serious with audio, you should really try out alsa (http://www.alsa-project.org/). I'm pretty sure that the nforce audio is well supported.