I have used both of these new updates for several weeks. “jaunty” is a moving target but it is rapidly getting finished. It is already quite usable.
First I love the debian “lenny” release. It is very quick, refined and up to date. I have compiled and installed the latest kernel 2.6.29 for both desktops (lenny and jaunty). They both work great with the newest kernel. The latest nvidia releasee (180.44) also works very well. Some of the applications like “streamtuner” seem more stable on “lenny”. However, I did compile xmms for “lenny”. I have to admit with each update “jaunty” is closing the gap.
The big difference which I cannot overcome is the difference in font rendering. It is probably due to Xorg 1.6 but “jaunty” is comparable with Windows XP and despite much tweeking “lenny” just won’t compare. The fonts are acceptable on “lenny” however after you use “jaunty” you just don’t want to go back.
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I have since found that in order for nvidia-settings to work correctly you need this in the xorg.conf file:
Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Default Layout”
Identifier “Default Layout”
Screen “Default Screen” 0 0
InputDevice “Keyboard0″ “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse0″ “CorePointer”
EndSection
Section “Module”
Load “glx”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
# generated from default
Identifier “Keyboard0″
Driver “keyboard”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
# generated from default
Identifier “Mouse0″
Driver “mouse”
Option “Protocol” “auto”
Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “no”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5″
EndSection
Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Configured Monitor”
EndSection
Section “Device”
Identifier “Configured Video Device”
Driver “nvidia”
EndSection
Section “Screen”
Option “DPI” “96×96″
Identifier “Default Screen”
Device “Configured Video Device”
Monitor “Configured Monitor”
DefaultDepth 24
Option “NoLogo” “True”
Option “DPI” “96×96″
Option “RenderAccel” “True”
Option “TripleBuffer” “True”
Option “AllowGLXWithComposite” “True”
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “True”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “nvidia-auto-select”
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
Option “RENDER” “true”
Option “DAMAGE” “true”
EndSection
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