From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RbfpL-0005N2-JD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:00:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99C0121C0F5; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DDAFE04C1 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:59:10 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAL2+605FxKY8/2dsb2JhbABEq1SBBoFyAQEEATocKAsLNBIUJTcJh3EIuA2IaoI3YwSINIRJKQGHToVeiB2EUA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,365,1320642000"; d="scan'208";a="152662723" Received: from 69-196-166-60.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.166.60]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 16 Dec 2011 16:59:08 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:58:46 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:58:46 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips? Message-ID: <20111216215846.GA3029@waltdnes.org> References: <20111216111133.GA1639@waltdnes.org> <1324034444.24266.1@numa-i> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1324034444.24266.1@numa-i> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 55440f38-0095-4909-ab39-25ae456e934f X-Archives-Hash: 921a9e2e0b650a564090c7b479985bb6 On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:20:44PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote > You could try to install a recent kernel (3.1.5 for me) and enable > the CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y (it's a staging driver, just search for it > by entering / in the make menuconfig environment). > > Then re-emerge the x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau driver. The instructions at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml do mention the staging Nouveau driver, and I did enable it. -- Walter Dnes