[Mageia-dev] xserver 1.11

Wed Nov 30 00:24:20 CET 2011

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:58:18 +0000
+Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+> On 29 November 2011 15:18, Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org> wrote:
+> > Colin Guthrie skrev 29.11.2011 16:04:
+> >
+> >> 'Twas brillig, and Thomas Backlund at 29/11/11 13:21 did gyre and gimble:
+> >>>
+> >>> Colin Guthrie skrev 29.11.2011 13:53:
+> >>>>
+> >>>>
+> >>>> OK, spoke with Bastien and he pointed me at the fixes (on the Xserver
+> >>>> side).
+> >>>>
+> >>>> Will push them through shortly (tho' to the xserver 1.11 in
+> >>>> core/updates_testing only)
+> >>>>
+> >>>
+> >>> I think we should push xserver 1.11 into /release _now_ so it gets
+> >>> proper testing time from all users before Alpha 2 is released.
+> >>
+> >>
+> >> I'm happy with that but as I don't keep up to date with the binary
+> >> driver stuff I don't know the impact.
+> >>
+> >> Anssi, can you give your €0.02?
+> >>
+> >
+> > fglrx is ok as of fglrx-8.911-1.mga2.nonfree
+> >
+> > nvidia-current should be ok afaik.
+> >
+> > nvidia173 and nvidia96xx need to be checked,
+> > as Anssi noted on Nov. 6th that they didn't support it yet then,
+> > and iirc there has been no new driver release since.
+> >
+> 
+> Does anyone have, or know of some data on the number of people that
+> still use pre Nvidia 6 series cards? And what the performance between
+> the Nvidia and nouveau drivers for those cards is?
+> Because, if not many people use them - and nouveau works well it isn't
+> really an issue, but if not, then surely we run the risk of the
+> drivers not being compatible in time for Mga 2, despite that being a
+> long way off. If memory serves, it took a very long time for the 96xx
+> driver to being made compatible a while back. But then again, its
+> Cauldron, so we should test and push forward......
+
+Sorry, just to make my mind clear, what is the problem with GF 6 series ?
+Nouveau not working but from GF7 and up, or propietary not working in 6 ?
+
+Beacuse if it is the later, the standard nvidia current driver supports
+series 6 and up. The legacy drivers are required only for 5(FX) and below.
+