Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-27 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 06:50:42PM +1000, Ashton Fagg wrote: I've spent a few hours this afternoon mucking about with Nouveau trying to get it working (temporarily at least, just to check). I've had limited success in some areas and absolutely none in others. I firstly checked to make sure

Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-27 Thread Ashton Fagg
Hi Rob. Thanks for your reply. On 26/12/11 23:59, Rob Owens wrote: I believe that is true. I've been experimenting with trying to work out how this all works, and I've come across this for sticking with the proprietary nVidia drivers (more on that in a moment).

Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-27 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 28/12/11 02:45, Rob Owens wrote: Try removing xorg.conf all together. It should not be needed in most cases. The hardware will be (should be) auto-detected, which eliminates the human error variable. Tried that, no dice. That gives me a No Screens Found error, with X obviously refusing

Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-26 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:20:36PM +1000, Ashton Fagg wrote: Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with nVidia graphics, and I would like to upgrade to a backports kernel. I currently run the proprietary nVidia drivers on the stock Squeeze kernel, because they seem to just work. It's my

Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-25 Thread Ashton Fagg
Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with nVidia graphics, and I would like to upgrade to a backports kernel. I currently run the proprietary nVidia drivers on the stock Squeeze kernel, because they seem to just work. It's my understanding that I will not be able to install these from