Re: xserver-xorg vs. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

On 2012-01-31 20:29 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

xserver-xorg includes X and xserver-xorg-video-nouveau includes a borked
Nvidia driver for X.

This "borked" driver works fine for me. YMMV, of course.

Sven,
maintainer of the "borked" package


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