Re: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau update in experimental?
On 2010-12-23 03:14 +0100, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> I'm investigating a couple of bugs which appear to be in the Nouveau
> driver currently in 'experimental' (1:0.0.16+git20100825+390f1c8-1):
>
> * bad image stretching with RENDER (see
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468496 )
Does this happen in Iceweasel 3.5 as well?
> * screen doesn't turn back on after suspend-to-ram with 2.6.36 from experimental
Always worked for me, but I'm using self-compiled kernels.
> The video card I have (NV9600 chipset) doesn't work at all with the
> driver in 'unstable' (or didn't the last I tried it, which was
> admittedly nearly a year ago) so I can't check whether these are
> regressions. However, I notice that the driver in experimental have
> not been updated since August. Given that this driver is under very
> heavy development churn, before I go filing formal bug reports, would
> it be possible to get an updated package?
This requires libdrm 2.4.23 to be uploaded first, and that package has
to go through NEW. See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2010/12/msg00190.html and replies.
> In experimental for
> preference, but I wouldn't mind a privately built package, or even
> being handed step-by-step instructions for updating the package
> myself.
Everything is ready in the debian-experimental branches in git, so if
you want to build it yourself, you can. Build libdrm first, then
(preferably in a chroot, so you don't have to temporarily uninstall
packages) xserver-xorg-video-nouveau. I am a few commits behind,
"debian/rules get-orig-source" will give you the latest upstream code
though.
If you're using the experimental 3D driver, you need to build mesa from
git as well, and if use plymouth you may need to rebuild it.
Cheers,
Sven
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