Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-05-09 20:52:05 Stephen Powell wrote: >On Mon, 09 May 2011 01:45:33 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> The problem I am having is a bit more subtle. The framebuffer completely >> fills my 19" monitor, but the framebuffer has gaps on the bottom and right >> of my 24" monitor. Bot

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-09 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 09 May 2011 01:45:33 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > The problem I am having is a bit more subtle. The framebuffer completely > fills my 19" monitor, but the framebuffer has gaps on the bottom and right of > my 24" monitor. Both are connected to the same physical card.

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201105081801.00768@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >I'm off to experiment some more and see if I can get accelerated nouveau >working on something. I guess even the testing/Sid kernels are worth >another attempt. I won't have the nvidia kernel module tainting the >kern

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <784041656.444588.1304907525303.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com>, Stephen Powell wrote: >On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:00 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> BTW, anyone know how to request that the non-X virtual terminals not use >> the framebuffer? It looks quite weird with my setup

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:00 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > BTW, anyone know how to request that the non-X virtual terminals not use the > framebuffer? It looks quite weird with my setup, so I'd prefer text mode VTs > for the most part. I don't think that's possible. If you us

Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201105081209.28976@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >In <20110508080807.GC7081@think.nuvreauspam>, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>And nouveau? > >I'll give Nouveau a chance sometime this week. It's definitely got some rough edges. AIXGL is disabled in the Squeeze version becaus