[arch-general] xf86-video-nouveau/nouveau-drm in testing
Andreas Radke
a.radke at arcor.de
Tue Mar 3 15:55:31 EST 2009
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
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