Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-19 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 15.06.2012 18:08, schrieb Mus: I have the same problem on my laptop and reported the bug weeks ago: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50175 I just want to let you people know that there seems to be a working patch over at the kernel bugzilla, see [1]. I've already mentioned

[arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, I've recently upgraded to linux-3.4.2 only to endeavor that it isn't bootable with my hardware. Basically my screen gets black during boot-up and remains so without anything I can do about it. I've got a Nvidia GPU (310M) driven by nouveau, which worked reasonably fine for the last couple of

Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 14:21 +0200, Karol Babioch wrote: linux-3.4.2 Nvidia GPU (310M) driven by nouveau 3.4.2-rt10-1-rt x86_64 does work with the nv driver and a GeForce 7200GS, aka 7300 SE. I always run into trouble with nouveau, but for the last months with kernel-rt 3.4.2-rt10-1-rt X

Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, to be honest, I didn't want to start a discussion about the nouveau driver vs. the Nvidia one. Am 15.06.2012 14:49, schrieb Ralf Mardorf: Dunno if you ask, because you do development for the driver or the kernel. No, if I would, I probably wouldn't have to ask ;). Am 15.06.2012 14:49,

Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 15:27 +0200, Karol Babioch wrote: From my experience nouveau is just not as good as the Nvidia one when it comes down to 3D performance and/or energy management. 3D and energy management can be important, but isn't needed by everybody. If you want to run this kernel and

Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 15.06.2012 16:22, schrieb Ralf Mardorf: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/xf86-video-nv/ http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nv/ I hope it won't be dropped by Arch. Other distros dropped it. It will be dropped, as it isn't developped anymore and will soon

Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Mus
Am 15.06.2012 14:21, schrieb Karol Babioch: Hi, I've recently upgraded to linux-3.4.2 only to endeavor that it isn't bootable with my hardware. Basically my screen gets black during boot-up and remains so without anything I can do about it. I've got a Nvidia GPU (310M) driven by nouveau, which

Re: [arch-general] Black screen with linux-3.4.2

2012-06-15 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 15.06.2012 18:08, schrieb Mus: no reaction from the developers yet, maybe it will get more attention if you comment on the bug report and confirm the issue Thanks for the link. Have already commented there. However I made the experience in the past that bug trackers are not that popular