Bug#664045: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xorg is not configurable, colour depth is limited to 8 bit with nouveau and nv drivers
forcemerge 608846 664045
thanks
Please keep the bug CC'ed.
Am 20.03.2012 um 07:07 schrieb Andreas Glaeser:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:37:42 +0100
> Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> You are actually using the fbdev driver, because nouveau fails to load.
>> This could happen because your kernel does not include the nouveau
>> kernel module, or because nvidiafb is loaded before it (e.g. when
>> nvidiafb is built in). See bug #608846 on the latter topic.
>>
>> Please try an official Debian kernel with the "video=nvidiafb:off"
>> boot parameter.
>>
> Thanks for yor advice, will try to do so upon reinstall. But my kernel
> includes nouveau. See attachment.
It also includes nvidiafb as a builtin (CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=y), and that
driver conflicts with nouveau. Boot with "video=nvidiafb:off" to work
around this problem.
Cheers,
Sven
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