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Bug#679557: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Fermi cards need Linux 3.4 for acceleration



Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Version: 1:1.0.1-1
Severity: serious

Quoting the NEWS.Debian file:

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| xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (1:0.0.16+git20120529+ace77b6-1) experimental; urgency=low
| 
|   Fermi cards (GeForce 4xx/5xx series) now require Linux kernel 3.4 or
|   newer for acceleration, on older kernels they will only run
|   unaccelerated.  Older NVidia cards are not affected.
| 
|  -- Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>  Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:12:43 +0200
`----

Since we don't have Linux kernel 3.4 in testing or sid, this makes the
package unfit for release.  See also the thread starting at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2012/06/msg00161.html.



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