Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 17:55 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only when we know nouveau works for all antique NVidia chip classes. Why? If it can't do EXA on old chips and the server has no XAA

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/03/31 09:02 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 17:55 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only when we know nouveau works for all antique NVidia chip classes.

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread drago01
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 17:55 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only when we know nouveau works for all antique NVidia chip

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/03/31 18:25 (GMT+0200) drago01 composed: Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 17:55 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only when we know nouveau works for all antique

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/31 09:02 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 17:55 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only when we

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 18:25 +0200, drago01 wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 17:55 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/03/31 15:27 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Ever tried to get VESA to produce 2048x1152, 1366x768, 1680x1050, 1600x900 or 1920x1080? Have you tried to buy a 4:3 display lately? Do all your CRTs work as well now as they

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread drago01
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Felix Miata mrma...@earthlink.net wrote: On 2012/03/31 15:27 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:  Ever tried to get VESA to produce 2048x1152, 1366x768, 1680x1050, 1600x900 or  1920x1080?  Have you

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 19:00 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: They look better than an error message telling you your X server won't run. Only when the message isn't a lie. Just because it didn't start doesn't necessarily mean it can't be made to start. 'Tis better just a message than a

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-31 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/03/31 17:46 (GMT-0700) Adam Williamson composed: I am an adherent of weird bits of Sony hardware... I abandoned all interest in things Sony initially when it abandoned consumer Beta, and more seriously when its DRM plans included coercing manufacturers to abandon legacy A/V I/O on

F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-30 Thread stan
F17 boots using nouveau for my old Nvidia hardware (MX420). There are two problems with this for me. - nouveau doesn't allow different resolutions on consoles and gui. - mplayer can't adjust brightness and contrast. This is strange since qiv can. On F15 I'm running the old nv driver to get

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-30 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 07:46:24 -0700, stan gr...@q.com wrote: I can't find this module xaa. Can anyone tell me where it is? According to http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTA0NDg xaa acceleration is no longer supported in the X server. I don't know if the nv driver

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-30 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/03/30 07:46 (GMT-0700) stan composed: - nouveau doesn't allow different resolutions on consoles and gui. Must be something recent. It works for me pre-17, video= on cmdline for consoles, PreferredMode if necessary in xorg.conf or xorg.conf.d/ for X. -- The wise are known for their

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-30 Thread Adam Jackson
On 3/30/12 10:46 AM, stan wrote: F17 boots using nouveau for my old Nvidia hardware (MX420). There are two problems with this for me. - nouveau doesn't allow different resolutions on consoles and gui. Why do you want this? If the console text is unreadably small for you, would simply

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-30 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/03/30 14:43 (GMT-0700) stan composed: Nv should be dropped from the repositories for F17. Only when we know nouveau works for all antique NVidia chip classes. -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

Re: F17 video annoyances, old hardware

2012-03-30 Thread stan
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:46:24 -0700 stan gr...@q.com wrote: In my later responses, s/Michael/Bruno/gG Sorry Bruno. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test