Bug#659378: the nouveau driver does not work at all with my machine (information about resolution of the problem)

[Panayiotis Karabassis <panayk@gmail.com>]

On 03/26/2012 02:36 AM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
>
>> [Subject: Bug#659378: issue resolved]
> Please keep in mind that this appears as email in a crowded inbox,
> so the subject link can be a good place to put valuable context.
>
>> This issue is resolved for me.
> The body, too. ;-)
You are right, sorry, I was lazy. :-)
>  What kernel are you using these days?  What
> kernel-side graphics driver?  What userspace graphics stack?
It is the latest kernel in Wheezy 3.2.0-2-amd64. It is the nouveau
driver, and gnome-shell that are working together.
> Do you know how the issue got resolved?
I am not sure if it is the updates that got this working, or the fact
that I purged the nvidia driver and removed my /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I
attach the problematic xorg.conf.
>   Since this is a
> bug tracker rather than a support forum, that would be valuable
> information to us so we can ensure squeeze has the same fix if
> needed and that we do not introduce regressions in the future.
>
> Thanks for the update,
> Jonathan
Let me know if you need more information.

Thanks,
Panayiotis

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nouveau"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GT 440"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection