[arch-dev-public] xf86-video-nouveau/nouveau-drm in testing

[Daniel Isenmann]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:10:23 +0100
Daniel Isenmann <daniel.isenmann at gmx.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:55:31 +0100
> Andreas Radke <a.radke at arcor.de> wrote:
> 
> > I've added xf86-video-nouveau + nouveau-drm to testing. Together
> > with Xorg 7.5 this is a nice replacement for the binary crap when
> > you don't need 3D stuff. 2D works well accelerated. 3D will follow
> > later with gallium 3d. For more read:
> > 
> > http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
> > 
> > 
> > I run a DualHead setup on my desktop. This is my full xorg.conf for
> > example:
> > 
> > # the right one
> > Section "Monitor"
> >           Identifier   "NEC"
> >           Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60.00"
> > EndSection
> > # the left one
> > Section "Monitor"          
> >           Identifier   "FUS"
> >           Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60.00"
> >           Option "LeftOf" "NEC"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier "nvidia card"
> >     BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)]
> > rev 161" Driver "nouveau"
> >     Option  "Monitor-DVI-I-0" "NEC"
> >     Option  "Monitor-DVI-I-1" "FUS"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier "screen1"
> >     DefaultDepth 24
> >       SubSection "Display"
> >        Depth      24
> >        Virtual 2560 1024
> >       EndSubSection
> >     Device "nvidia card"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> >     Identifier "layout1"
> >     Screen "screen1"
> >     # will be replaced by gallium 3D
> >     Option "AIGLX" "false"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Have fun getting rid off nvidia binary blobs.
> > 
> > -Andy
> 
> I have installed nouveau and everything runs fine here on my computer.
> The normal work like surfing, building packages, mails, etc. works as
> always. There are no problems so far. Ok, there is no 3D at the moment
> but who needs 3D. ;) (I don't need 3D)
> 
> The installation process was a little bit stony. This way worked:
> 
> - uninstalling nvidia and nvidia-utils
> - installing xf86-video-nouveau and nouveau-drm
> - reboot (removing the drm module doesn't work here)
> - reinstalling libgl and xorg-server
> 
> That's it. After the steps everything worked as expected. Maybe there
> is an easier way for installing it (normally removing the module
> should work), but it works this way.
> 
> I will test it (and the future versions) further and I'm looking
> forward for the 3D support.
> 

One additional point:
I'm using an dualhead setup on my desktop, too.