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[Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT sourcemage.org>]

On Thu, 17 May 2012 22:55:38 +0200
Arjan Bouter <abouter AT sourcemage.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 May 2012 00:37:45 +0400
> Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT sourcemage.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hey there,
> > 
> > We're coming closer to the stable-0.61 Grimoire release, so here's some
> > middle-work, that helps us to test 0.60 -> 0.61 upgrade process.
> > 
> > This release has a lot of updates (since it's based on stable-rc 0.61
> > Grimoire, which was renewed and cut a week ago) as well as Kernel update
> > to 3.0.31.
> > 
> > The most visible changes:
> > 
> > * GCC 4.6.3
> > * Kernel 3.0.31 (latest LTS)
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Thanks for working on the new stable release.
> 
> But we might want to consider using the mainline kernel (3.4-rc7 at the
> moment).

I'm not sure that placing a very recent kernel for the basic
stable chroots is a good idea. Kernel is still the biggest part of the
system now, and is very critical to specific stuff.

But I agree, we need to resolve this. In my opinion by adding an
option: these kernel versions must be in test, then we cherry-pick
patches into stable and roll out chroot/ISO along with some notice or
even warning in /etc/motd (for example) for those owning such cards to
cast -r linux and select version not below than X.Y.Z-rcW.

> Otherwise it might render the box of nouveau users unusable unless 
> "nomodeset"
> is passed to the kernel at boot, effectively disabling kernel modesetting.
> 
> Check the following url for more info:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802751
> 
> It's not a redhat bug, as far as I know every distro suffers from the same 
> bug.
> I've hit it on a box I've built recently which contained a nvidia gtx 550.

Sweet GTXes[0] :) One day I'll install smgl on my 2nd HDD of GStation.

[0] http://flagship.vaygr.net/2002-2012.jpg

> 
> Not sure if other cards are affected.
> 
> Just a heads up,
> Arjan Bouter
> 
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Cheerz,
Vlad "Stealth" Glagolev

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