On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 11:05 -0700, Christopher A. Williams wrote: > OK - I tested this out as prescribed. Here are my results: > > Running with no xorg.conf file: > We try to load the nv driver and fail, then we SUCCESSFULLY fall back to > vesa! Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!! > > Running with xorg.conf file that is _specifically_ set to use the nv > driver: > We try to load the nv driver and fail. No fallback to vesa. If we tried > to fall back to vesa, it didn't work. > > Overall, I would call this a success. > > Keeping in mind that we won't have an xorg.conf file by default, the fix > works as currently implemented (and should therefore work on the Live CD > and Install DVD). Explicitly configuring the nv driver, IMHO, _should_ > produce a failure since it isn't supported on this card. Yeah, I meant it to act this way when I wrote the patch, I just described the test scenario wrong. Sorry about that. And yes, I agree, explicitly asking for nv should fail, this is really just about fixing the magic setup heuristic. Thanks for testing! I should have an updated patch shortly. - ajax
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