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bug#59361: linux-libre 6 breaks OpenGL on nouveau driver
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
bug#59361: linux-libre 6 breaks OpenGL on nouveau driver |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 08:42:53 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> When booting my Guix System with linux-libre 6.0.8, nouveau silently
> fails to render OpenGL. It includes symptoms such as:
>
> 1. Getting stuck on the GDM screen, which makes use of OpenGL
> 2. Not being able to use Qt5 or Qt6 applications, which renders via
> OpenGL.
> 3. the 'glxgears' program from mesa-utils displays frozen gears (not
> turning)
>
> My graphic card is an old nvidia 8800 GTS with 640 MiB of video RAM.
>
> Workaround: Adding the '(kernel linux-libre-5.15)' to my OS definition
> fixes it.
Now reported upstream at
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/nouveau/-/issues/192.
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Thanks,
Maxim