On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 18:50 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 06:03 +0100, hermann wrote:
> > Am Freitag, den 24.02.2012, 02:45 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> > >
> > > Don't use a borked distro! If your distro don't provide the nv driver,
> > > but replace it with an experimental driver, that knowingly isn't
> > > working
> > > for half of the NVIDIA graphics on the market, such as the nouveau
> > > driver, than your distro is borked!
> >
> > No, then your distro is full GPL'ed. ;-)
>
> :D "GPL'ed" = headspace for ambivalent interpretations :p.
>
> Serious, nouveau is marked as experimental, hence it isn't the time to
> drop the FLOSS nv driver.
>
> FWIW, I don't offend the GPL until now:
>
> [spinymouse@email-addr-hidden ~]$ cat /etc/rc.d/69switch_xorg.conf
> #! /bin/sh
> # /etc/rcS.d/Switch_xorg_conf
>
> rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> case $(uname -r) in
> *rt*)
> cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nv /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> ;;
> *)
> cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> ;;
> esac
>
> I dropped my Debian install, but I guess my Ubuntu Studio Oneiric and
> the planned openDAW (IOW a new Debian) install might offend the GPL
> during this weekend. The cause is nouveau "so I won't remove the
> cause.../ [chuckles] neither the symptom" - based loosely on Frank N.
> Furter
>
> - Ralf
PS: Not full GPL'ed, but not offending the GPL. Debian based distros
force me to offend the GPL or to get a nv driver working. Why did they
drop the nv driver as long as there only is an experimental FLOSS driver
to replace the nv?
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