On Friday 02 March 2012 15:38:05 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > Most of the discussion of the -rt seems to be amount > > > > linux-audio-users and such. I am not in touch with NC or process > > > > control but these will want it also. I believe that they would also > > > > be involved with non-gpl software. > > > > > > Sorry to have veered so far off-topic. I believe many -rt > > > applications have programs in userspace talking to hardware (for > > > example using a serial port). > > > [...] > > > > I like nouveau very much but unfortunately, there is no openGL in it. > > > > > > Depends on your card. > > > http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MesaDrivers > > > > Looked this over, interesting, though I have never figured out how to do > > anything explicitely involving the Gallium stuff. > > > > What is the status of Nouveau on Debian Sid and on Experimental for 3.1 > > and 3.2 kernels. Easy enough to try out but I have not had hardware 3D > > in the past with 2.6 kernels. > > [...] > > My work desktop runs Fedora 16 and has GNOME Shell working with nouveau > in Linux 3.2. So I would expect nouveau 3D acceleration to work > properly in wheezy/sid as well. But it's possible that Fedora has some > patches in this area.
My desktop runs beautifully with nouveau as well. The desktops do not really need 3d-acceleration. Animation in games, some audio and control software may well depend on it, however. I should probably try nouveau again, simple and free to do so. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
