Mike Cloaked gmail.com> writes:
> Does this mean that tigervnc is out of date and needs fixing or is it s
> problem with X?
Tigervnc needs patching for xorg-server-1.13. As an alternative, you can use the
svn version from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tigervnc-svn/
Don deJuan gmail.com> writes:
> I do not see what I have mixed up, I never said anything about vesafb,
> only the VESA standard, also I have not talked about defining any modes,
> only another driver option to use instead of the proprietary.
>
> I think you're the one "mixing" up what we have w
Arno Gaboury gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >>
> > Actually no Nvidia never supported VESA, it just happened to work.
> >
> > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2561806&postcount=39
> >
> Are you so sure?
>
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.09/README/chapter-19.html:
Arno Gaboury gmail.com> writes:
> After lots of reading, especially *Nvidia* official readme, it seems
> this card SUPPORTS indded *Vesafb*. So I think this error message has
> nothing to do here, and I will keep my *grub* file as it was first.
No, it supports the vesa standard. All cards do.
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2561806&postcount=39
Basically, vesafb with the nvidia driver was never supported. It used to work,
it may still work, but that's by pure chance.
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