From: Adriano Peluso <randomlooser@riseup.net>
To: Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>, help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: h-node video card reporting
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:21:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <be4a3e2e22bd6243a36ff72762464b5cf8df73be.camel@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lf9bpk6k.fsf@disroot.org>
Il giorno mer, 21/04/2021 alle 14.27 -0400, Bone Baboon ha scritto:
> As I have tested GPUs on five computers I would like to add my
> finding
> to h-node.
>
> Is the lack of /dev/dri/ sufficient to put a GPU in the
> "does_not_work"
> category in video cards on h-node?
>
> The h-node documentation says to test a GPUs 3D capability with
> `rss-glx` and `compiz`.
> https://h-node.org/wiki/page/en/How-to-test-your-hardware#Video%20Cards
>
> Searching for `rss-glx` and `compiz` with `guix search` I do not get
> any
> results.
>
> Would `rss-glx` or `compiz` work with a Wayland window manager?
>
> What other ways can I test a GPUs 3D capabilities?
>
> Is the ability to start Sway a Wayland window manager sufficient to
> put
> a GPU in the "works_without_3D" or "works_with_3D" category in video
> cards on h-node (based on the GPUs 3D capability)?
>
I think the questions you asked about hardware support and updating the
docs about that would be better suited for the guix-devel mailing list
As far as I understand, the help mailing list is more for Guix users
and help with use cases
and the issues you are raising seem more as dev issues, to me
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2021-04-21 18:27 h-node video card reporting Bone Baboon
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