pemasu wrote:
James C. That is bad. I suppose nouveau with KMS enabled is not for mentioned comps.
I'm realistic enough to know that not all different versions of Linux will work out of the box on all hardware in every situation.
But,booted Precise 3.8.3.1 with
nouveau.modeset=0 ...... got an incorrect 1280x1024 resolution but it hasn't frozen up yet.
# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Upup Precise, version 3.8.3.1
Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1024x768x16
Depth (bits, or planes): 24
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): nouveau
Loaded modules: dbe ddc dri dri2 extmod fb glx int10 kbd mouse record shadow vbe vesa
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1280x1024 pixels (339x271 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes
...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
# glxgears
3004 frames in 5.0 seconds = 600.747 FPS
3188 frames in 5.0 seconds = 637.572 FPS
3220 frames in 5.0 seconds = 643.821 FPS
3206 frames in 5.0 seconds = 641.168 FPS
3202 frames in 5.0 seconds = 640.362 FPS
-Computer-
Processor : 4x AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor
Memory : 2853MB (207MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sun 24 Mar 2013 01:44:30 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x1024 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
Going to attempt to change to the correct resolution...... if it doesn't freeze up or crash I'll post results in a few.