"Nvidia pkgs are in repos, no need to compile anymore"
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Wrong! Because it results in a Nvidia installation where X.Org always uses software rasterizer instead!
X.Org always gives errors. IIRC, about a file missing and always uses software mode no matter what and trying to fix it results in a black screen crash!
And the Nvidia settings panel always shows an error, "Failed to get GLX info" or similar.
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