Nouveau doesn't play nice with vanilla kernels

[Jim]

On 10/27/2009 10:29 AM, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> On 10/27/2009 04:23 PM, Jim wrote:
>> On 10/27/2009 09:57 AM, Aioanei Rares wrote:
>>> As the title says, if I boot a git kernel (Linus' tree), plymouth 
>>> doesn't work, nor does X start. I have to change the graphics driver 
>>> to nv in xorg.conf and restart in order to  get  the git kernel 
>>> working with X, but then the Fedora kernels won't start X with the 
>>> nv  driver.  Anyone else  having these problems?
>>>
>> Yes, If you updated the new kernel-2.6.31.5-96 yesterday get rid of 
>> it and bootup
>> in old kernel.
>> I had the same problem.
>>
> Thanks, but then the first issue remains : why can't nouveau start X 
> with vanilla kernels?
>
I use a nvidia 8200 card and it won't detect nouveau either.
I installed system-config-display and went into change driver , my card 
is detected with a Vesa driver.
I selected nouveau and restarted   X  but it will only accept a higher 
resolution and would not allow me to keep my settings at 1024x768.