> > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: cannot go back from nouveau to nv > > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 16:39:55 -0400 (EDT) > > > > On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:56:34 -0400 (EDT), Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > > or that read-edid is broken? ddcprobe seems to provide correct > > > information for my ViewSonic VA703b. read-edid does not. > > > > By the way, have you noticed that nv (xserver-xorg-video-nv) > > has been dropped from Wheezy (testing) now? I'm still running it, > > but I had to download the source code and compile my own version > > from source. That still works. But I'm living on borrowed time. > > I noticed build warnings that the driver is referring to deprecated > > fields. It's only a matter of time before I start to get FTBFS > > errors. And then, if the lack of support for interlaced modes > > has not been addressed in nouveau, I will have to get rid of my > > monitor. (My monitor requires an interlaced mode. That's why > > I still use nv.)
The nv driver also could be the better choice, when using a real-time kernel. I downgraded X to stable. I need the nvidia driver packages and the nv driver package. To keep both I pinned some packages, the pinning sometimes needs to be reedited. Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1309769761.2550.16.camel@debian
