Created attachment 480225 [details] Xorg.0.log Description of problem: I'm using liveCD on usb stick from: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-02-22_Nouveau When logging in and starting Gnome 3, it starts in fallback mode Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.38-0.rc5.git5.1.fc15.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-19.20110216git42c16ff.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot fedora test day liveCD from usb stick 2. Leave boot options default 3. Log in as liveuser Actual results: Gnome 3 starts in fallback mode. Expected results: Since this it GeForce card, Gnome shell should start. Additional info:
Created attachment 480229 [details] desktop-effects-shell.png And this happens when I try to turn Gnome shell on in desktop-effects.
This is completely expected on GF100 chipsets, there is no acceleration provided thus far. I'll use this bug as a placeholder for all GF100 NoAccel-related bugs. Current upstream status is that acceleration is available for these chipsets, but only if the user goes to the trouble of tracing, and extracting a number of firmware blobs from the NVIDIA binary driver. F15 has most of the pieces in place, and is only lacking a newer version of mesa for 3D driver support (again, only with the firmware).
this is the firmware we definitely can't ship in Fedora, yes?
*** Bug 679718 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 679547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I am not a lawyer, but I would surmise definitely not. There's no question of this firmware being actual code, where the nv40/nv50 context programs were closer to being a register list.
ben, what's current status on this? support pieces are in place but you have to install the firmware to make it work?
(In reply to comment #7) > ben, what's current status on this? support pieces are in place but you have to > install the firmware to make it work? Yep, that's pretty much it. I've *just* started work on a replacement firmware, but it's a large undertaking and not likely it'll make it in time for F15.
This is now fixed in both F16 and rawhide, closing.