Re: Gnome 3 and non-free firmware
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:26:43 +0200
Rares Aioanei <debian.dev.list@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/14/2011 03:04 AM, John S. wrote:
> > I use Xfce on wheezy and and happy but I was interested enough to
> > install gnome 3 on a spare drive. Everything went fine except that I
> > was forced into using the fall back version as the installer
> > couldn't find a suitable graphics (3D) driver.
> >
> > The on-board graphics chip is nVidia. I have never had the need for
> > fancy graphics ability, gaming etc. but I have some concern if
> > non-free firmware is a requirement for running Gnome3.
> >
> >
> > John.
> >
> >
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> Try installing libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental.
>
>
Thanks for the helpful suggestions. The gnome3 installation was for me
just a try out and I don't really want to get into a learning curve for
s desktop that I don't normally use. so I'll leave it there and thanks
again for your suggestions
John.
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