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Kelvin

29 Aug 2012 29 Aug '12

2:40 a.m.

The description of package xf86-video-nouveau ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nouveau) is "Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards", but Arch Wiki( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau) says that it is "Open Source 3D acceleration graphics driver for NVIDIA cards". Is there any mistakes?

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Brandon Watkins

29 Aug 29 Aug

3:22 a.m.

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On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Kelvin wrote:

The description of package xf86-video-nouveau ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nouveau) is "Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards", but Arch Wiki( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau) says that it is "Open Source 3D acceleration graphics driver for NVIDIA cards". Is there any mistakes?

Both. afiak it started out as a 2d driver, but these days it also has [limited] 3d acceleration.

Kelvin

3:26 a.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Is Nouveau 2D or 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards?

2012/8/29 Brandon Watkins

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Kelvin wrote:

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The description of package xf86-video-nouveau ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nouveau) is "Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards", but Arch Wiki( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau) says that it is "Open Source 3D acceleration graphics driver for NVIDIA cards". Is there any mistakes?

Both. afiak it started out as a 2d driver, but these days it also has [limited] 3d acceleration.

Thanks. I found this page after I have posted this. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix The support is really very limited.

fredbezies

4:31 a.m.

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Le 29 août 2012 05:26, "Kelvin" a écrit :

2012/8/29 Brandon Watkins

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On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Kelvin

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The description of package xf86-video-nouveau ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nouveau) is "Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards", but Arch Wiki( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau) says that it is "Open Source 3D acceleration graphics driver for NVIDIA cards". Is there any

mistakes?

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Both. afiak it started out as a 2d driver, but these days it also has [limited] 3d acceleration.

Thanks. I found this page after I have posted this. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix The support is really very limited.

Sure. But at least, screen capture fully works, not only full screen. Try taking à single window screenshot with nvidia drivers... Result is very... unuseful. Don't remember bug number, but look on archlinux bug tracker.

DR

5:50 a.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Is Nouveau 2D or 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards?

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Kelvin wrote:

The description of package xf86-video-nouveau ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-nouveau) is "Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards", but Arch Wiki( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau) says that it is "Open Source 3D acceleration graphics driver for NVIDIA cards". Is there any mistakes?

xf86-video-nouveau is for 2d acceleration. nouveau-dri is for 3d.

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