On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:34:17 +0200 Sven Joachim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 12.04.2012 um 08:05 schrieb Andreas Glaeser: > > > On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:51:21 +0200 > > Sven Joachim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> This is supposed to work, but the Nouveau Wiki¹ mentions that there are > >> still problems with it. Does it help if you build the kernel with > >> CONFIG_FB_OF=n and CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y? > > > > Kernel-Source reconfigured with the above mentioned options. I could not > > find > > CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU in gconfig GTK-kernel configurator, > > It's under "Device Drivers -> Staging drivers" (unless you use Linux 3.4 > already). > > > so I used gedit to search > > this option and change it from 'm' to 'y' instead [see attachment]. > > This has still CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=m. > > > the current default-kernel-image still boots correctly and runs nicely, too. > > Slowly but surely I learn liking the colour-depht of 8 bit, ie. 256 > > colours, as there > > does not seem to be any possibility to change this and the > > gnome-backgrounds and most > > web-pages appear in some kind of pop-art style, which does not look so > > unpleasant > > really, rather reminding of some psychedelic visual effects. > > Booting with nvidiafb.bpp=16 (or 24, or 32) should give you a higher > color depth with stock Debian kernels. > > Cheers, > Sven When I use gconfig to configure the kernel-source, DRM_NOUVEAU can not be set to Y, just M or N. Will try 3.2.14 now, it is not yet the 3.4 series. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
