Do the prop drivers (nvidia and ati) only increase performance, or are there cases where the open source drivers won't let x even start but x would start with the prop drivers?
Thanks, Corey On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Ben Armstrong <sy...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca > wrote: > On 03/19/2013 01:23 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: > > ok, so the bug isn't in the runtime configuration (live-config) but in > > fglrx doesn't work with kms which we'll need to workaround in the > > buildtime configuration (live-images) by conditionally adding nomodeset > > to bootappend in case non-free was enabled. > > Ugh. That is going to be crappy for systems which don't actually require > a non-free driver and may behave badly if it is disabled (e.g. intel). > Use case: > > User wants a single image to use on two home systems, one of which > requires non-free and one doesn't. > > probably not all that rare ... > > Wouldn't it be better to disable modeset for specific chipsets, and > wouldn't that be better to do in the package providing the driver that > behaves badly with modeset enabled? e.g. intel driver turns it on by > providing /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf which contains: > > options i915 modeset=1 > > So, the opposite of that, and with the option only being applied to > radeon (and/or nvidia if it turns out it needs it too). > > Do *all* radeons behave better with modeset disabled, or just some? (and > are there any that behave well only with modeset enabled and not with it > disabled)? > > I'm very uneasy about this change without checking it out on a wider > range of hardware. > > Ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51489562.2020...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca > > -- -- *FixMeStick* Stick it to Viruses Corey Velan, Co-Founder m (514) 220-8207 o (888) 530-6125 Suite #210, 376 Victoria Ave, Montreal, QC, H3Z 1C3 www.FixMeStick.com <http://www.fixmestick.com/> | Facebook<http://www.FixMeStick.com/facebook> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/#!/FixMeStick>
