Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv Version: 1:2.1.20-3 WISH: make the package availble for more architectures, at least i386.
Dear maintainers I'm the (sad) owner of an old laptop with a nvidia NV-28 graphic card (Dell Inspiron 8500, GeForce 4200, resolution up to 1900x1200). In spite of the optimistic claims on the xorg website [1], it turns out that nouveau is unusable with N28 (See [2], reported 2 years ago. I've reproduced the problems yesterday, with a freshly installed testing). Setting noaccel=1 or trying the driver modesetting [3] do not improve the situation (checked again yesterday). In my knowledge, the only options to keep a NV28 working on debian currently are: -1- To use nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms for Wheezy (96.43.23) or for Squeeze -2- To use xserver-xorg-video-vesa, with any release. The former solution allows to use the 1900x1200 graphics and 3D acceleration, but implies to be stacked to Wheezy forever, because nvidia announced that 96xx will no more supported [4]. The latter solution, which I prefer, allows to evolute (and e.g. stay in testing) but does not allow to use high resolutions and 3D. I've seen that xserver-xorg-video-nv (no 3D but high resolution) came back in jessie for some architectures, so the natural wish would be to have it for more architectures (at least i386), if this is technically possible. My best regards ric [1] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/#nv20family [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686611 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54700 [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=687372 [4] http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2308956.Sh1bs589D4@ipht-ia-004976
