Re: Nouveau driver and kernel 2.6.32-5
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 14:11, Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently updated my kernel from 2.6.32-3 to 2.6.32-5, (Squeeze on an x86
> platform). I noticed on reboot that shortly after the kernel booted the
> screen switched to a frame buffer for the remaining loading messages. I
> have a desktop system that runs GNOME and so gdm started as usual and I
> logged in. However, I have three different CPUs that go through a kvm
> switch and I usually have to reset modeline settings via "xvidtune" in X for
> my Debian CPU.
Can't you use xrandr for that?
> xvidtune no longer worked. I am using an Nvidia GeForce4 MX 4000 card. I
> hunted around and found that some combination of Freedesktop.org and the X
> group are now using kernel based X drivers or the KMS modes. It also
> appears that the "nv" driver disappeared and was replace by the "nouveau"
> driver. This new driver seems to be the source of my xvidtune problems.
> Does anyone on this list know who the appropriate group to send a "bug
> report" to would be? Thanks.
Yes, Nvidia stopped maintaining nv, so people are moving to the community
project Nouveau, which exclusively uses Kernel Mode Setting.
You should probably report the bug to Debian with the "reportbug" utility,
they will forward it upstream if they have to. The question, though, is is this
a bug for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, x11-xserver-utils (the package
containing xvidtune), or even the kernel (the KMS interface)? Is there any
sort of error when you try to use xvidtune, or anything in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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