Re: update-alternatives vs. dpkg-divert [was: Re: rt kernel and nouveau]

2012-03-29 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 28 mar 12, 11:08:13, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU >> wrote: >> > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU >> >> wrote: >> >>> On Jo, 22 mar 1

Re: update-alternatives vs. dpkg-divert [was: Re: rt kernel and nouveau]

2012-03-28 Thread Brian
On Wed 28 Mar 2012 at 18:35:49 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > By "locally diverting" Sven meant using dpkg-divert(8) which is the > correct tool for what he ended up doing. I have a machine for which I want to manually manage grub.cfg and I agree totally with you (and Sven, of course). It's a br

update-alternatives vs. dpkg-divert [was: Re: rt kernel and nouveau]

2012-03-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 28 mar 12, 11:08:13, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU > >> wrote: > >>> On Jo, 22 mar 12, 17:28:26, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > > Getting grub2 to

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-28 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU >> wrote: >>> On Jo, 22 mar 12, 17:28:26, Sven Joachim wrote: > > Getting grub2 to use a different command-line option for each entry left

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > On Jo, 22 mar 12, 17:28:26, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> > >> > Getting grub2 to use a different command-line option for each entry left > >> > as an exercise for the reader. > >> > >> I ended up l

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-28 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:42:27PM -0700, daniel jimenez wrote: > > another quick Q, Is it safe to copy/paste the complete kernel entries on > grub to alter the order they appear? > No, you should modify /etc/grub.d/40_custom > alternatively, how do you go about changing the default selection on

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-27 Thread daniel jimenez
Wow, thanks a lot guys! right now, I have two xorg.conf files, backed up like xorg.conf.nv xorg.conf.rt the 'nv' one is my old configuration and I use it every time I'm working/playing/watching a film... in the other one I removed all references to a second monitor and replaced driver "nvidia"

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 22 mar 12, 17:28:26, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> > Getting grub2 to use a different command-line option for each entry left >> > as an exercise for the reader. >> >> I ended up locally diverting /usr/sbin/update-grub (replacing it with

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 22 mar 12, 17:28:26, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > Getting grub2 to use a different command-line option for each entry left > > as an exercise for the reader. > > I ended up locally diverting /usr/sbin/update-grub (replacing it with a > symlink to /bin/true) and managing /boot/grub/grub.cfg by

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-03-22 12:59 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:39:51PM -0700, daniel jimenez wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm trying to get an rt kernel working in debian testing on an amd64 laptop >> with nvidia graphics. >> >> Ideally I'd have nouveau set up to start when I sele

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 01:05:31AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > Or, install the script as an init script, and have it look at uname, or > /proc/version, or something to pick it automatically, before the display > manager starts (or add it to that init script). The display manager is probably not

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2012/3/22 daniel jimenez > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to get an rt kernel working in debian testing on an amd64 > laptop with nvidia graphics. > > Ideally I'd have nouveau set up to start when I select (in grub) the rt > kernel and the nvidia drivers when choosing the regular kernel. Problem

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Richard Hector
On 22/03/12 23:20, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 3/22/2012 3:27 AM, daniel jimenez wrote: >> I'm using my computer as a guitar effects processor for real time audio, >> It's meant to be used in group performance so delays are kind of a big deal. >> >> I changed the 'Driver' entry in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Jon Dowland
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:39:51PM -0700, daniel jimenez wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to get an rt kernel working in debian testing on an amd64 laptop > with nvidia graphics. > > Ideally I'd have nouveau set up to start when I select (in grub) the rt > kernel and the nvidia drivers whe

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 3/22/2012 3:27 AM, daniel jimenez wrote: > I'm using my computer as a guitar effects processor for real time audio, > It's meant to be used in group performance so delays are kind of a big deal. > > I changed the 'Driver' entry in /etc/X11/xorg.conf from "nvidia" to "vesa" > and the rt kernel i

Re: rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 3/22/2012 1:39 AM, daniel jimenez wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to get an rt kernel working in debian testing on an amd64 laptop > with nvidia graphics. > > Ideally I'd have nouveau set up to start when I select (in grub) the rt > kernel and the nvidia drivers when choosing the regul

rt kernel and nouveau

2012-03-21 Thread daniel jimenez
Hello everyone, I'm trying to get an rt kernel working in debian testing on an amd64 laptop with nvidia graphics. Ideally I'd have nouveau set up to start when I select (in grub) the rt kernel and the nvidia drivers when choosing the regular kernel. Problem is, I don't know how to do that... Any