On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 11:14 +0100, Martti Kühne wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:07:03AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > A misunderstanding. I tried to use the nv driver, not the proprietary > > nvidia driver. On startup I run a script, it's switching between nv for > > kernel-rt and nvidia for the default kernel. The kernel-rt worked with > > the nv driver, but it doesn't work now. I can't use nouveau for my > > setup. > > > > Regards, > > Ralf > > > yes and no. xf86-video-nv-* were last updated on 30-Jul-2010. Don't expect that > stuff to work any more on current kernels and please use a driver that is in > development. 3.0 is an old kernel-rt and in February the X + the nv driver were ok. I still have got backups. > debian doesn't package it any more, the gentoo wiki also mentions it as > outdated and bugs.freedesktop.org comments like this to their WONTFIXed bugs: > > "Nobody is supporting xf86-video-nv and it will be going away at some point in > the future. If your problem persists with nouveau or the proprietary driver > provided by nVidia, please re-file accordingly. We apologize for the > inconvenience. > > This is part of an automated bulk action; if you believe that this bug was > closed in error, then change the targeted component and reopen it." > > you're on your own. good luck! But I'm not alone, since nouveau doesn't work for many Linux users. Regards, Ralf
