From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Mack Subject: Re: nouveau: [drm] failed to open device Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:04:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20100218150411.GX28972@buzzloop.caiaq.de> References: <20100218093834.GE29559@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <20100218115524.GO9007@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <20100218130505.GP28972@buzzloop.caiaq.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Xavier Chantry Cc: nouveau List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 03:42:52PM +0100, Xavier Chantry wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Daniel Mack wrote: > >> > >> Which libdrm version are you using ? > > > > 2.4.0, built from the git sources yesterday. > > > > "Bump of the userspace interface to 0.0.16. > libdrm and nouveau drm have to be updated together for nouveau to keep > working. The kernel.org version will not work with the current git > user space for some time. See the kernel commit log for more > information. " > > This means kernel.org tree does not work with libdrm git. > (so you can either use older git userspace or a newer nouveau drm module/kernel) > > If this is not clear enough, do you have a suggestion for rephrasing > the paragraph on the frontpage ? I am deeply sorry, really. This one line of text right above the the actual headline was indeed the information I overlooked. I scanned the FAQ and TroubleShooting sections, but missed this, grr. > I suppose we could also add an entry in either Faq or Troubleshooting. Yes, I think adding it there would help. Not only me ;) Daniel