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For some definition of "supports". The last two or three releases of Ubuntu have used the Nouveau driver by default for the LiveCD, which causes my system to h

For some definition of "supports". The last two or three releases of Ubuntu have used the Nouveau driver by default for the LiveCD, which causes my system to hardlock (known, unresolved issue for almost two years now) so I've had to pass special kernel boot flags to disable it and use the VESA driver instead to install and then switch to the nVidia driver afterwards. Realistically though, I don't think it's ever going to be practical to use the Nouveau driver. No Cg support, no CUDA support, and performance will always be a fraction of nVidia's driver. That isn't to say that I don't wish them well, I do. But I still think it's foolhardy at best to ever expect this to be truly competitive with nVidia's proprietary drivers.

nodata 14y ago
Did you bug report this in launchpad?
- aviraldg 14y ago
  What do you think "known, unresolved issue for almost two years now" means?
  - nodata 14y ago
    I don't know. That you read someone else's bug report? Can you link to it?
    - EvilLook 14y ago
      Here's the bug that affects me! Newly reported, but similar to all previous issues I've had with nouveau: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43562 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43562 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/689507 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video... (Gee, thanks Ubuntu for expiring this bug. It's not like there's been no activity because NOBODY IS FUCKING WORKING ON IT or anything!)