On Thursday 20 May 2010 19:32:33 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 05/20/2010 07:56 PM, Grant wrote: > > I'm trying to compile nouveau-drm for my Nvidia 8400GS video card, but > > > compilation fails: > I don't think you should be using nouveau-drm in the first place. This > driver is now in the kernel itself. nouveau-drm was used before that > driver moved into the Linux kernel together with the other DRM drivers. > > Also, as a consequence, trying to use nouveau-drm means you're getting > an outdated driver, since AFAIK the updates happen in-kernel now.
There's an API break between the nouveau driver and the drm in 2.6.3[23] (not completely sure about the versions) Hence the workaround of nouveau-drm Hopefully it will be *very* temporary -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com