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Subject:    Re: nouveau question
From:       "..." <offonoffoffonoff () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-30 2:00:37
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That exchange was off list! Curse you google reply to default!

If it's a very new chipset, definitely go with the latest stable release.
But I didn't give any link...
On Jan 29, 2014 7:55 PM, "Gene Heskett" <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday 29 January 2014 ... did write:
>
> > I'm no expert. I just saw gt218 and guessed it was an old chipset,
> > probably EOL'd.  I don't know squat about nouveau.  Maybe an older
> > nouveau would do it?  Sorry I can't help more.
> >
> > Elliot
>
> NP, Elliot and thanks.  The link you sent took me to the nouveau site, and
> the NV50 is a whole new chipset that it might be easier to drive with a
> brand new driver.  It has several things the older chipsets don't, but
> nouveau full support for the new features is not noted either.
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>

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<p>That exchange was off list! Curse you google reply to default!</p>
<p>If it&#39;s a very new chipset, definitely go with the latest stable release. But \
I didn&#39;t give any link...</p> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 29, 2014 7:55 PM, \
&quot;Gene Heskett&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:gheskett@wdtv.com">gheskett@wdtv.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br \
type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On Wednesday 29 January 2014 ... \
did write:<br> <br>
&gt; I&#39;m no expert. I just saw gt218 and guessed it was an old chipset,<br>
&gt; probably EOL&#39;d.  I don&#39;t know squat about nouveau.  Maybe an older<br>
&gt; nouveau would do it?  Sorry I can&#39;t help more.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Elliot<br>
<br>
NP, Elliot and thanks.  The link you sent took me to the nouveau site, and<br>
the NV50 is a whole new chipset that it might be easier to drive with a<br>
brand new driver.  It has several things the older chipsets don&#39;t, but<br>
nouveau full support for the new features is not noted either.<br>
<br>
Cheers, Gene<br>
--<br>
&quot;There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:<br>
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.&quot;<br>
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)<br>
Genes Web page &lt;<a href="http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene" \
target="_blank">http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene</a>&gt;<br> </blockquote></div>



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