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On Wed, 5 Nov 2014, Chris H wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com> wrote
>>
>> No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob.  That requires
>> a KMS (in-kernel) driver.
>
> Thank you for the reply, Gary.
>
> Ahh. I see. So unless I have ATI hardware, I'm pretty much out of luck?

Or Intel, or anything with KMS drivers.