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Re: [trinity-users] 1280x1024 monitor: was Re: [trinity-users] settings for a 1024x768 monitor that Trinity insists on recognising as 800x600.

From: Slávek Banko <slavek.banko@...>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:23:24 +0100
Dne pá 4. ledna 2013 Lisi Reisz napsal(a):
> On Friday 04 January 2013 14:03:19 Slávek Banko wrote:
> > Please, you have updated to backports version also packages libdrm*?
>
> It would seem so.  (see below *.)
>
> > From
> > the log I see that instead of  nouveau is used vesa. It is not good.
>
> Yes, I noticed that but thought it was related to teh fact that it was
> using teh default monitor.
>
> I'm running out of ways to say thank you.  Thank you itself is becoming
> clichéd.
> Lisi
>
> *
> peter@Nyx:~$ aptitude search libdrm
> p   libdrm-dev                                - Userspace interface to
> kernel DRM services -- devel
> i A libdrm-intel1                             - Userspace interface to
> intel-specific kernel DRM se
> p   libdrm-intel1-dbg                         - Userspace interface to
> intel-specific kernel DRM se
> c   libdrm-nouveau1                           - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> p   libdrm-nouveau1-dbg                       - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> i A libdrm-nouveau1a                          - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> p   libdrm-nouveau1a-dbg                      - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> i A libdrm-radeon1                            - Userspace interface to
> radeon-specific kernel DRM s
> p   libdrm-radeon1-dbg                        - Userspace interface to
> radeon-specific kernel DRM s
> i A libdrm2                                   - Userspace interface to
> kernel DRM services -- runti
> p   libdrm2-dbg                               - Userspace interface to
> kernel DRM services -- debug
> p   libdrmaa-dev                              - Distributed resource
> management Application API lib
> p   libdrmaa-java                             - Distributed resource
> management Application API lib
> p   libdrmaa1.0                               - Distributed resource
> management Application API lib
> peter@Nyx:~$ aptitude -t squeeze-backports search libdrm
> p   libdrm-dev                                - Userspace interface to
> kernel DRM services -- devel
> i A libdrm-intel1                             - Userspace interface to
> intel-specific kernel DRM se
> p   libdrm-intel1-dbg                         - Userspace interface to
> intel-specific kernel DRM se
> c   libdrm-nouveau1                           - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> p   libdrm-nouveau1-dbg                       - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> i A libdrm-nouveau1a                          - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> p   libdrm-nouveau1a-dbg                      - Userspace interface to
> nouveau-specific kernel DRM
> i A libdrm-radeon1                            - Userspace interface to
> radeon-specific kernel DRM s
> p   libdrm-radeon1-dbg                        - Userspace interface to
> radeon-specific kernel DRM s
> i A libdrm2                                   - Userspace interface to
> kernel DRM services -- runti
> p   libdrm2-dbg                               - Userspace interface to
> kernel DRM services -- debug
> p   libdrmaa-dev                              - Distributed resource
> management Application API lib
> p   libdrmaa-java                             - Distributed resource
> management Application API lib
> p   libdrmaa1.0                               - Distributed resource
> management Application API lib
> peter@Nyx:~$
>
> root@Nyx:/home/peter#  aptitude -t squeeze-backports install
> libdrm-nouveau1 libdrm-nouveau1a
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libdrm-nouveau1
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not
> upgraded. Need to get 0 B/408 kB of archives. After unpacking 487 kB
> will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   libdrm-nouveau1a: Conflicts: libdrm-nouveau1 but 2.4.21-1~squeeze3 is
> to be installed.
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Remove the following packages:
> 1)     libdrm-nouveau1a
> 2)     xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>
>
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
> Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
> Abort.
> root@Nyx:/home/peter#  aptitude -t squeeze-backports install 
> libdrm-nouveau1a No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not
> upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be
> used.
>
> root@Nyx:/home/peter#
>

According to this commit, support for nvidia GK106 is not yet available  
in nouveau. I guess the only chance is to use the (ugly) binary drivers.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/commit/?id=15dd5a6044cfbc259d03cdd1d3f5f71a41a7d933

Slávek
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