Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:34:35 +0200 | Subject | Re: [git pull] drm request 3 | From | Felipe Contreras <> |
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On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Ben Skeggs wrote: >> The F13 packages *will* work, so long as you're not bisecting back and >> forth. > > How do I install just the F13 libdrm thing, without changing everything > else? I'm willing to try. We can make it part of the 2.6.34 release notes. > > And if we end up having people bisecting back and forth, I will hate that > f*cking nouveau driver even more.
I believe Dave has already explained this to you, but nobody has mentioned it here.
What you are supposed to do is install the new nouveau driver, which requires a new libdrm. So, just compile both libdrm, and nouveau, to a sandbox, say /opt/new-nouveau, and then in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "Files" ModulePath "/opt/new-nouveau/lib/xorg/modules" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection
That should do it. No frankensteinian F13 packaging stuff, and no mess with the system's /usr/lib/.
Cheers.
-- Felipe Contreras
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