Nvidia nouveau /!\ BROKEN PACKAGE /!\

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Hardisk

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Hi!
When I apt-get xserver-xorg-video-nouveau on 3.5, I have this error :

hardisk@hardisk-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Certains paquets ne peuvent être installés. Ceci peut signifier
que vous avez demandé l'impossible, ou bien, si vous utilisez
la distribution unstable, que certains paquets n'ont pas encore
été créés ou ne sont pas sortis d'Incoming.
L'information suivante devrait vous aider à résoudre la situation :

Les paquets suivants contiennent des dépendances non satisfaites :
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Dépend: nouveau-kernel-source (>= 0.0.15) mais il n'est pas installable
E: Paquets défectueux

Wich basically means that the nouveau-kernel-source package is broken.
Anyone can fix it?

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> Wich basically means that the nouveau-kernel-source package is broken.
> Anyone can fix it?

Now that's timing. I've removed nouveau-kernel-source from the
repository less than an hour ago. It contained non-free blobs.

http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Software_blacklist#nouveau-kernel-source

The nouveau kernel driver will be included in the 4.0 release after it
is deblobbed. I don't know how that will affect it, though.

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> When I apt-get xserver-xorg-video-nouveau on 3.5, I have this error :

Well, I'll remove this one also, since it serves no purpose now. I'm
not putting it in the blacklist, though.

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The non free pieces seem to be in the radeon, mga and nouveau drivers.

Will ATI driver also need a modification?

Hardisk

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... Please don't tell me that we have to wait 4.0 to get the nouveau driver..

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I tested the nouveau driver on 3.0.x and it worked fine (didn't quite test
3D), but on 3.5 I believe I couldn't boot into my graphical desktop.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:45 AM, <name at domain> wrote:

> ... Please don't tell me that we have to wait 4.0 to get the nouveau
> driver..
>

flop

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but on 3.5 I believe I couldn't boot into my graphical desktop.

Does not the "nv" driver work with your card?

Hardisk

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nv is installed here.
I have a maximum 800x600 resolution with it :/

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I'm using the nv driver, and can only get a maximum 800x600 resolution by default as well. What worked for me was adding the following lines to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (be sure to make a backup first, just in case).

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
HorizSync 30-61
VertRefresh 50-120
EndSection

HorizSync and VertRefresh are the horizontal and vertical refresh rates for your monitor. Your values will probably be different. You can find them in the manual that came with your monitor, or, if you don't have that, you should be able to find them online.