Re: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau update in experimental?
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2010-12-23 03:14 +0100, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> * bad image stretching with RENDER (see
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468496 )
>
> Does this happen in Iceweasel 3.5 as well?
No, 3.5 does not use the buggy RENDER features; however, its *not*
using those features causes other problems. Mozilla upstream (which I
am at least nominally part of) wants to start using better image
scaling, but can't as long as there are these driver bugs.
>> 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.
Bother.
>> 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.
I need more detailed instructions than this. For instance, I have no
idea where your git repositories are.
zw
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