Arch Linux

CelticHarp

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Registered: 2011-05-07

Posts: 5

nouveau causes corrupted graphics

Hello there, I recently installed arch linux.
I have GeForce4 MX 440 [NV17] and til now I had no problems with my other distros [gentoo, debian/ubuntu, slackware]
The driver for this card was supposed to be at the package nvidia-96xx but recently it was removed, so I had to install the nouveau driver instead.

And so I did.
The module loads ok but when I enter X, the graphics are corrupted a bit.
Using the option noaccel=1 or shadowfb "on" fixes the problem, but I have no acceleration, causing games like teeworlds to load reaally slow. [Assuming my thinking is right]

Can I do anything about that?
I tried to install the official nvidia drivers but I have kernel 3 and there are other problems with that.
I have xf86-video-nouveau-0.0.16_git20110726-1 (I also tried other versions of nouveau but none of them worked).

Please help!

Nalyd Relwof

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Registered: 2011-05-07

Posts: 7

Re: nouveau causes corrupted graphics

If it means anything, I think all NVIDIA drivers have been buggy as of Kernel 3, since I have an NVIDIA Southbridge that handles my integrated sound and it appears to be malfunctioning.  It may need to be patched by the maintainers of the OSS NVIDIA drivers.