Pardon the top-post, but there doesn't seem to a really relevant place to put this.
In the end I downloaded the 3.5.1 kernel source code, and used make-kpkg to create a new kernel package. That has completely resolved my display issues, other than the dual monitor. I will pursue that issue separately. Thanks to all who took time to assist. Nelson > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Display Resolution > Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 16:58:10 +0200 > > Nelson, it looks like your reply did not reach the list, possibly > because it's over 100 kB in size. Please configure your mailer to send > plain text _only_ to avoid that. > > On 2012-08-04 16:39 +0200, Nelson Green wrote: > > >> > The nouveau version in squeeze does not support these cards, they should > >> > work in wheezy though. > >> > > >> > >> I will probably come in tomorrow to install Wheezy, and I will report back. > >> > > > > Well, Wheezy is almost perfect. By that I mean I have the proper > > resolution and refresh rate, and my desktop looks great! The only > > thing I see is an occasional line of text that displays wrong. For > > instance, one of the icons on the desktop looks like someone took a > > marker and scribbled all over the icon label, but it went away as soon > > as I clicked on the icon. I have also seen something similar on a web > > page, where a couple of lines of text look like noise instead of > > text. Scrolling made that come back to normal. > > Yes, that's http://bugs.debian.org/666468. Upgrading > xserver-xorg-video-nouveau to the version in unstable might help, but > note that you then need a kernel from unstable as well or lose > acceleration, see http://bugs.debian.org/bug=679557. > > > This is still so much > > less of an annoyance that I will live with it if need be. I have > > included the contents of Xorg.0.log below. At least the Nouveau driver > > is seen, and loaded/used? > > Yes, it is. > > > Now, I still only have one monitor displaying anything. The other > > remains in power-saver mode. Anyone got a suggestion for that, or > > should I start a new thread? > > You had best ask upstream about that. They use IRC as their main > support and discussion medium, channel #nouveau on irc.freenode.net. > The Nouveau Wiki at http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ has some > information about multicard setups as well, but it's down ATM. > > Cheers, > Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bay160-w35c6d5aac421ef2552309cad...@phx.gbl
