Re: upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

From	Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.x
Subject	Re: upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Date	2016-03-29 13:32 +0000
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 02:56:52 +0200, Aragorn wrote:
 > On Tuesday 29 Mar 2016 02:04, Bob Tennent conveyed the following to 
 > comp.os.linux.x...
 >
 >> On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:24:37 +0200, Aragorn wrote:
 >>  
 >>  >> I've moved a Centos6 system to newer hardware with
 >>  >> NVIDIA GTX560M graphics. The Centos6 nouveau driver
 >>  >> version 1.0.10 can't handle it. From the man page it
 >>  >> seems version 1.0.11 can. How can I upgrade that package
 >>  >> (without upgrading the whole system)? (I know about the
 >>  >> NVIDIA drivers but I'd prefer the nouveau driver so I
 >>  >> won't have to rebuild the module whenever the kernel is
 >>  >> upgraded.)
 >>  >
 >>  > A newer kernel should do it, because nouveau is part of
 >>  > the upstream kernel sources. Also make sure you have the
 >>  > latest linux-firmware package installed.
 >> 
 >> Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work. I've tried both
 >> kernel-lt-3.10.101 and kernel-ml-4.5.0 from ELRepo (with
 >> the corresponding kernel-headers and kernel-firmware) but I
 >> can't get anything better than 1024x768. Do I need the newer
 >> kernel packages *and* a newer xorg-x11-drv-nouveau?
 >
 > Yes, the xorg-x11-drv nouveau driver should, ideally, match the nouveau 
 > version in the kernel, of course.

I've given up on this. It seems not feasible to build a
Centos6 package for a more recent xorg-x11-drv-nouveau: the
dependencies start getting serious, such as a more recent
glibc. I guess I'll go with the dkms-maintained nvidia
driver. Thanks for your suggestions.

Bob T.

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upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-28 19:35 +0000
  Re: upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2016-03-28 22:24 +0200
    Re: upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-29 00:04 +0000
      Re: upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2016-03-29 02:56 +0200
        Re: upgrading xorg-x11-drv-nouveau Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-29 13:32 +0000

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