On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Joe Zeff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/11/2010 05:10 PM, Younes Manton wrote: >> >> Hi. When you say you reinstalled Xorg without mesa packages, I'm >> assuming you mean that you didn't install the nouveau mesa driver? If >> so it sounds like you're trying to run compiz with the software >> rasterizer. Not sure if/how that works, last I heard it didn't. Either >> way, can you try without compiz? If you still have problems please >> attach a kernel log (the output of dmesg) and an Xorg log. > > I did try installing the mesa experimental drivers, but they just gave me a > broken screen that wasn't usable. What packages should I install? Also, > how do I deactivate compiz? >
That depends on your desktop environment. On Gnome it's something like System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects. On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Joe Zeff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/11/2010 05:10 PM, Younes Manton wrote: >> >> Hi. When you say you reinstalled Xorg without mesa packages, I'm >> assuming you mean that you didn't install the nouveau mesa driver? > > A little update: checking, I have mesa-dri-drivers.i686 installed,but not > the experimental. > I don't use Fedora but I think that means you don't have the nouveau mesa drivers. I suggest you disable compiz first anyway. If it works at least you know the non-mesa part of the driver works. If it doesn't work it will be easier to debug if the mesa driver is out of the picture. _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
