[Nouveau] GV98 adapter, experience with nouveau

[poma]

On 01.06.2016 20:44, poma wrote:
> On 01.06.2016 20:20, Yury Tarasievich wrote:
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Now, I'd appreciate some hints on how to make 
>> console work, at least.
>> How are the video modes controlled, e.g., can I 
>> have some analogue of /etc/fb.modes for nouveau?
>>
>> -Yury
>>
> 
> 
> After hand-over:
> "fb: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA"
> 
> video device "automatically" switches to the native resolution of the connected display.
> 
> If it does not work:
> https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/
> 
> 

"If you are using packages from your distribution and are unable/unwilling to test the latest versions of all the pieces of nouveau, send the bug reports to your distribution and not directly to us. If you're using an out-of-date software version, our first question will probably be "does it still happen on latest"."
Ref.
https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/

This is why I referred to the "try to test with newer software",
e.g. Rawhide LiveCD/DVDs
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Spins/x86_64/iso/

I have tested it with NVIDIA G98 here, and it works as expected.

With this approach - test with the "latest and greatest" - you can create a reference point for further comparison - with lower versions of software components.


Godspeed