On 14/10/2014, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Ma, 14 oct 14, 03:59:04, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> Apart from the politics of the free vs proprietary software, what do >> you know of any differences (as in advantages/disadvantages, if any) >> between the two driver types? > > In my experience nouveau is slower (the primary reason I keep going back > to nvidia), but better much better integrated with the rest of the > system (I have some obscure bugs with nvidia that just don't happen with > nouveau). > >> Note wheezy-backports does not contain the newer >> xserver-xorg-video-intel package that is needed by newer intel cards. >> If you find yourself stuck with the fbdev or vesa driver then you'll >> need to upgrade to jessie or sid. > > This is about backports, you're still on pure wheezy (as far as you told > us). > >> I am wondering whether it is all getting too complicated, as, with >> your reference to the vesa thing, the above seems to suggest that I >> need to go to testing (if that is "jessie") or experimental (= sid). > > Only if xserver-xorg-video-intel in *backports* doesn't support your > card. This is still unknown at this point. > >> If I use the backports thing, to go to a newer kernel, would that be >> compatible with the Debian 7 system as it stands, or, would I end up >> with a hybrid (mixture of stable and testing) system? > > In my opinion backports is the safest method to enhance an otherwise > stable system and I've used them successfully. Do respect the > instructions and only install select backports. > > Kernels in particular are safer than most other packages, especially > since you can always boot with the stable kernel if something doesn't > work as expected. > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt >
Okay - I have now done the backports thing, and installed bumble bee and primus, and rebooted (as it also involved a kernel upgrade to 3.2.x. That still did not detect the external monitor, so I installed the bumblebee-nvidia, and that tols me that it had to be configured, and did not go through the confifuration process, and I do not remember the relevant file for configuring it, and I do not know hopw to access the configuration instructions for it. So, I still can not get Debian 7.x (now backported - should that be "Debian 7 Backport", like "Debian 6 LTS" ?). I had not real;ised that it would be so difficult to get an external monitor working with Debian - I expected that it would simply be a "Plung and Play" thing, like it is with Ubuntu, where the hardware would be automatically detected and automatically be operational. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8m4obc53nptitzgkgne-a6kz0_j7vrj3zedtxylmo9...@mail.gmail.com
