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

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110508080807.GC7081@think.nuvreauspam>, Andrei Popescu wrote: >On Sb, 07 mai 11, 09:54:37, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> You could try this one, if you aren't using any out-of-tree modules. For >> me it is the NVidia module. I really should find the money for a cheap >> ATI card so I can

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 05:55:18 -0700, CACook wrote: > On Saturday 7 May, 2011 07:04:16 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> As a current btrfs user, I don't recommend you run it on the Squeeze >> kernel (2.6.32-5) because there are certain circumstances where it >> doesn't gracefully handle out-of-space

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-08 Thread CACook
On Saturday 7 May, 2011 07:04:16 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > As a current btrfs user, I don't recommend you run it on the Squeeze kernel > (2.6.32-5) because there are certain circumstances where it doesn't > gracefully > handle out-of-space issues and that "df" reports for it lie. I recent

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 07 mai 11, 09:54:37, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > You could try this one, if you aren't using any out-of-tree modules. For me > it is the NVidia module. I really should find the money for a cheap ATI card > so I can use FLOSS modules. And nouveau? Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic dis

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201105070904.26205@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >In , Camaleón wrote: >>On Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:21 -0700, CACook wrote: >>> This just started after my most recent (very painful) dist-upgrade. It >>> seems that BTRFS is not compatible with grub and Debian. I very nea

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Camaleón wrote: >On Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:21 -0700, CACook wrote: >> This just started after my most recent (very painful) dist-upgrade. It >> seems that BTRFS is not compatible with grub and Debian. I very nearly >> lost my whole system because of this catastrophe. >> >> Does anyone know

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-07 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:21 -0700, CACook wrote: > This just started after my most recent (very painful) dist-upgrade. It > seems that BTRFS is not compatible with grub and Debian. I very nearly > lost my whole system because of this catastrophe. > > Does anyone know the nature of the error an