On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 18:50 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 06:03 +0100, hermann wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 24.02.2012, 02:45 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > > > > > Don't use a borked distro! If your distro don't provide the nv driver, > > > but replace it with an experimental driver, that knowingly isn't > > > working > > > for half of the NVIDIA graphics on the market, such as the nouveau > > > driver, than your distro is borked! > > > > No, then your distro is full GPL'ed. ;-) > > :D "GPL'ed" = headspace for ambivalent interpretations :p. > > Serious, nouveau is marked as experimental, hence it isn't the time to > drop the FLOSS nv driver. > > FWIW, I don't offend the GPL until now: > > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/rc.d/69switch_xorg.conf > #! /bin/sh > # /etc/rcS.d/Switch_xorg_conf > > rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf > case $(uname -r) in > *rt*) > cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nv /etc/X11/xorg.conf > ;; > *) > cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf > ;; > esac > > I dropped my Debian install, but I guess my Ubuntu Studio Oneiric and > the planned openDAW (IOW a new Debian) install might offend the GPL > during this weekend. The cause is nouveau "so I won't remove the > cause.../ [chuckles] neither the symptom" - based loosely on Frank N. > Furter > > - Ralf PS: Not full GPL'ed, but not offending the GPL. Debian based distros force me to offend the GPL or to get a nv driver working. Why did they drop the nv driver as long as there only is an experimental FLOSS driver to replace the nv? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
