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Re: nvidia drivers



On 07/12/11 18:16, Phil Reynolds wrote:
> On 07/12/11 09:13, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> Phil Reynolds <phil-debian@tinsleyviaduct.com> (18/11/2011):
>>> Is there a plan to backport the nvidia drivers to work with the
>>> backported kernel 2.6.39? I'm running with nouveau at the moment, but it
>>> prevents me using my TV card and fuse (the Spectrum emulator) in full
>>> screen mode.
>>
>> Would you want to test an updated nouveau backport? From your
>> User-Agent, it looks like you're running amd64, so I've built a new
>> backport from the package currently sitting in unstable, against
>> squeeze-backports' server. You probably want to be running the latest
>> kernel too.
> 
> I'll test anything that might solve my problem... I'm sticking with the
> latest kernel available in backports, but will try this, once I've tried
> the existing backport, if necessary.

The existing backport was awkward to install but has fixed tvtime and
made a huge difference to fuse. However, starting google-earth logs me out.

Would your backport improve this or should I check anything else first?

-- 
Phil Reynolds
mail: phil-debian@tinsleyviaduct.com


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