On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:10:23 +0100 Daniel Isenmann <daniel.isenm...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:55:31 +0100 > Andreas Radke <a.ra...@arcor.de> wrote: > > > I've added xf86-video-nouveau + nouveau-drm to testing. Together > > with Xorg 7.5 this is a nice replacement for the binary crap when > > you don't need 3D stuff. 2D works well accelerated. 3D will follow > > later with gallium 3d. For more read: > > > > http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ > > > > > > I run a DualHead setup on my desktop. This is my full xorg.conf for > > example: > > > > # the right one > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "NEC" > > Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60.00" > > EndSection > > # the left one > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "FUS" > > Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60.00" > > Option "LeftOf" "NEC" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "nvidia card" > > BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)] > > rev 161" Driver "nouveau" > > Option "Monitor-DVI-I-0" "NEC" > > Option "Monitor-DVI-I-1" "FUS" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "screen1" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > Virtual 2560 1024 > > EndSubSection > > Device "nvidia card" > > EndSection > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "layout1" > > Screen "screen1" > > # will be replaced by gallium 3D > > Option "AIGLX" "false" > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Have fun getting rid off nvidia binary blobs. > > > > -Andy > > I have installed nouveau and everything runs fine here on my computer. > The normal work like surfing, building packages, mails, etc. works as > always. There are no problems so far. Ok, there is no 3D at the moment > but who needs 3D. ;) (I don't need 3D) > > The installation process was a little bit stony. This way worked: > > - uninstalling nvidia and nvidia-utils > - installing xf86-video-nouveau and nouveau-drm > - reboot (removing the drm module doesn't work here) > - reinstalling libgl and xorg-server > > That's it. After the steps everything worked as expected. Maybe there > is an easier way for installing it (normally removing the module > should work), but it works this way. > > I will test it (and the future versions) further and I'm looking > forward for the 3D support. > One additional point: I'm using an dualhead setup on my desktop, too.
