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12-28-2013, 03:32 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2011
Location: California
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0 Multilib
Posts: 6,564
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Fixing it would be logical for the short-term, but it needs sustainable maintenance in the long-term.
Nouveau does have in fact limited support for older Nvidia hardware down to, possibly, the TNT (NV04), though nouveau_vidux but yes, it's support is VERY limited and fan control issues are a problem that are being worked on.
As stated above if you have issues, you should contact the nouveau driver team for a fix so it can be submitted to the Linux kernel and mesa3d projects equally.
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12-28-2013, 08:47 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,661
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back to this from the OP
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As suggested, I upgraded to xorg-server-1.14.5
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the 96 driver will NOT work on xorg greater than 1.12
to use the "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.23-pkg1.run" driver
you have to DOWNGRADE xorg to 1.12 or 1.11 |
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12-28-2013, 09:15 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV
back to this from the OP
the 96 driver will NOT work on xorg greater than 1.12
to use the "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.23-pkg1.run" driver
you have to DOWNGRADE xorg to 1.12 or 1.11
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Or just report the bug (or see if it probably is already fixed in 1.15) and use nouveau. |
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12-28-2013, 09:52 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,661
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because it is NOT A BUG !!!!
nvidia will NOT SUPPORT the 96 driver for new versions of xorg
see the nvidia "96.43.23" driver page
http://www.nvidia.com/download/drive...px/48996/en-us
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Added support for X.Org xserver versions 1.11 and 1.12.
Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
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the 96 driver IS UNSUPPORTED !!!!!!!!!
it was last updated on "2012.9.14 "
nvidia will NOT support a driver for 13 year old cards
Last edited by John VV; 12-28-2013 at 09:53 PM.
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12-28-2013, 10:21 PM
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#20
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV
because it is NOT A BUG !!!!
nvidia will NOT SUPPORT the 96 driver for new versions of xorg
see the nvidia "96.43.23" driver page
http://www.nvidia.com/download/drive...px/48996/en-us
the 96 driver IS UNSUPPORTED !!!!!!!!!
it was last updated on "2012.9.14 "
nvidia will NOT support a driver for 13 year old cards |
And that is a reason not to report a bug in nouveau? I don't think so. |
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12-29-2013, 02:27 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2011
Posts: 925
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReaperX7
Fixing it would be logical for the short-term, but it needs sustainable maintenance in the long-term.
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Driver code for old hardware needs a complete freeze, so developing and maintaining the code for the newer chipsets doesn't break the old stuff by accident (which is exactly what happened).
So now would be a good time to branch off the last known good code as "nouveau_legacy" driver and remove the PCI-IDs from the current one, so it doesn't get selected anymore.
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Nouveau does have in fact limited support for older Nvidia hardware down to, possibly, the TNT (NV04)
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This hardware is still supported by nv(4) (mainly frozen). nouveau(4) was meant as a nv(4) replacement for hardware, which doesn't work with nv(4). |
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12-29-2013, 12:28 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2013
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,982
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You could try the old 'nv' driver, maybe it will work.
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