Bug#664045: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xorg is not configurable, colour depth is limited to 8 bit with nouveau and nv drivers
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:34:17 +0200
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am 12.04.2012 um 08:05 schrieb Andreas Glaeser:
>
> > On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:51:21 +0200
> > Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >> This is supposed to work, but the Nouveau Wiki¹ mentions that there are
> >> still problems with it. Does it help if you build the kernel with
> >> CONFIG_FB_OF=n and CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y?
> >
> > Kernel-Source reconfigured with the above mentioned options. I could not find
> > CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU in gconfig GTK-kernel configurator,
>
> It's under "Device Drivers -> Staging drivers" (unless you use Linux 3.4
> already).
>
> > so I used gedit to search
> > this option and change it from 'm' to 'y' instead [see attachment].
>
> This has still CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=m.
>
> > the current default-kernel-image still boots correctly and runs nicely, too.
> > Slowly but surely I learn liking the colour-depht of 8 bit, ie. 256 colours, as there
> > does not seem to be any possibility to change this and the gnome-backgrounds and most
> > web-pages appear in some kind of pop-art style, which does not look so unpleasant
> > really, rather reminding of some psychedelic visual effects.
>
> Booting with nvidiafb.bpp=16 (or 24, or 32) should give you a higher
> color depth with stock Debian kernels.
>
> Cheers,
> Sven
When I use gconfig to configure the kernel-source, DRM_NOUVEAU can not be set to Y, just
M or N.
Will try 3.2.14 now, it is not yet the 3.4 series.
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