Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-30 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Kai Schaetzl > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:07 PM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS? > > John wrote on T

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-30 Thread Kai Schaetzl
John wrote on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:05:24 -0500: > It doesn't get me started good yet it's early... Nevertheless, I see that you have now started to use normal quoting. Many thanks for that and good morning :-) Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: htt

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-30 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Frank Cox > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:59 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS? > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-29 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Frank Cox wrote on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:34:07 -0600: > Since the Nouveau driver is open source software, you're wrong. Pardon? "it's open source so you are wrong". Somebody at home? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-29 Thread Ian Forde
On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 14:34 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > Ultimately, you're better off to use video chipsets with good open source > drivers. Currently, that means Intel and (recently) ATI. That depends upon one's purpose. If, for example, one wants to use mythtv, I would use an NVidia card with th

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:31:16 +0100 Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > There's the first three issues that I can think of > > That applies for that "Nouveau" driver double as much Since the Nouveau driver is open source software, you're wrong. > - so, what? So I answered the question that he asked. Ulti

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-29 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Frank Cox wrote on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:59:23 -0600: > There's the first three issues that I can think of That applies for that "Nouveau" driver double as much - so, what? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com __

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:53:09 -0800 MHR wrote: > What's wrong with the nvidia drivers? 1. They can introduce problems that nobody can deal with in any way. 2. They could be discontinued by nvidia at any time. 3. They add another unnecessary "layer of complexity" to an already complex system. Th

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-29 Thread MHR
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Timo Neuvonen wrote: > Is there a way to use "Nouveau" (open source Nvidia) driver in CentOS 5 ? > > "nv" seems to support only the lowest resolutions thru the dvi output (NV44 > chip), and I don't like the idea of installing propiertary Nvidia drivers. What's wro

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-28 Thread John
> To: centos@centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS? > > Is there a way to use "Nouveau" (open source Nvidia) driver > in CentOS 5 ? > > "nv" seems to support only the lowest resolutions thru the > dvi output (NV44 > chip), an

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-28 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:13 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS? > > Timo Neuvonen

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-28 Thread John R Pierce
Timo Neuvonen wrote: >>> # rpm -ivh xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-2.1.6-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm >>> kernel-drm-nouveau = 10 is needed by >>> xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-2.1.6-1.fc8.x86_6 >> you can't use RPMs built for a different OS distribution, you'd need to >> take the SRPM and rebuild/recompile it. >> > > Aren

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-28 Thread Timo Neuvonen
>> Is there a way to use "Nouveau" (open source Nvidia) driver in CentOS 5 ? >> >> "nv" seems to support only the lowest resolutions thru the dvi output >> (NV44 >> chip), and I don't like the idea of installing propiertary Nvidia >> drivers. >> This way I came to Nouveau. >> >> I had a look at s

Re: [CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-28 Thread John R Pierce
Timo Neuvonen wrote: > Is there a way to use "Nouveau" (open source Nvidia) driver in CentOS 5 ? > > "nv" seems to support only the lowest resolutions thru the dvi output (NV44 > chip), and I don't like the idea of installing propiertary Nvidia drivers. > This way I came to Nouveau. > > I had a loo

[CentOS] xorg-x11-drv-nouveau for CentOS?

2008-12-28 Thread Timo Neuvonen
Is there a way to use "Nouveau" (open source Nvidia) driver in CentOS 5 ? "nv" seems to support only the lowest resolutions thru the dvi output (NV44 chip), and I don't like the idea of installing propiertary Nvidia drivers. This way I came to Nouveau. I had a look at some Fedora rpms, but they n