Subject: bug#59361: closed (Re: bug#59361: linux-libre 6 breaks OpenGL on nouveau driver for nvidia 8800 GTS 640 Mo card)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 16:32:01 +0000

Your bug report

#59361: linux-libre 6 breaks OpenGL on nouveau driver for nvidia 8800 GTS 640 Mo card

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#59361: linux-libre 6 breaks OpenGL on nouveau driver for nvidia 8800 GTS 640 Mo card
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 12:31:00 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> 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.

I tried using linux-libre 6.8.8 today (Guix commit
df3d30819e650a490ef39dd6692740bb13263c75), which has Mesa 24.0.4, and
can no longer reproduce the problem described above.

I'm thus happily closing this!

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Thanks,
Maxim

Subject: linux-libre 6 breaks OpenGL on nouveau driver
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: bug-guix <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:47:49 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

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.

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Thanks,
Maxim