Re: Nvidia graphics that don't work with nouveau - Was: Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 17:15 -0800, Go Linux wrote: > --- On Fri, 11/25/11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > Model: "nVidia GeForce 8400 GS" > > I use 'nouveau.modeset=0' on the kernel cmdline and also > > blacklist nouveau. > > But note that the latest udev (175-2) removes > > blacklist.conf, I put

Re: Nvidia graphics that don't work with nouveau - Was: Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Go Linux
--- On Fri, 11/25/11, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Model: "nVidia GeForce 8400 GS" > I use 'nouveau.modeset=0' on the kernel cmdline and also > blacklist nouveau. > But note that the latest udev (175-2) removes > blacklist.conf, I put it back again. > What I find if I don't blacklist nouveau is tha

Re: Nvidia graphics that don't work with nouveau - Was: Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 12:16 +, Richard wrote the FLOSS nouveau driver doesn't work with old Nvidia cards, even if it's claimed that it should work. I've come to the conclusion the nouveau driver doesn't work with new nvidia cards as well, as I had to black list it.

Re: Nvidia graphics that don't work with nouveau - Was: Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Forwarded Message From: Richard Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:01:45 + On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:58:00 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 12:16 +, Richard wrote > > > the FLOSS nouveau driver doesn't work > > > with old Nvidia cards, even if it's claimed that it

Nvidia cards that doesn't work with nouveau - Was: Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 12:16 +, Richard wrote > > the FLOSS nouveau driver doesn't work > > with old Nvidia cards, even if it's claimed that it should work. > I've come to the conclusion the nouveau driver doesn't work with new nvidia > cards as well, as I had to > black list it. Perhaps we c

Nvidia graphics that don't work with nouveau - Was: Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 12:16 +, Richard wrote > > the FLOSS nouveau driver doesn't work > > with old Nvidia cards, even if it's claimed that it should work. > I've come to the conclusion the nouveau driver doesn't work with new nvidia > cards as well, as I had to > black list it. Perhaps we c

Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Richard
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:46:16 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 19:01 +, Richard wrote: > > [snip] It wont build from the /usr/src/nvidia direcory, as it wants > > the kernel config file. [snip] > > Please post the output of the log file. Are the linux-headers installed? > >

Re: Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 19:01 +, Richard wrote: > [snip] It wont build from the /usr/src/nvidia direcory, as it wants > the kernel config file. [snip] Please post the output of the log file. Are the linux-headers installed? Half OT: Since Nov 5 I kick installing the driver to 3.0.7-rt20. Perhap

Nvidia driver fails to compile on kernel 3.X

2011-11-24 Thread Richard
Hi I'm starting to get more that a bit hacked off. The gnome shell requires with the onboard radeon graphics card the ATI driver to run normally, however the ATI proprietary driver is unstable on kernel 3.0 and 3.1. So I've gone the Nvidia route, there is only one slot width on the mobo between t