Fw: please include important fix for older nvidia gfx card

[devzero at web.de]

maybe here is somebody who want`s to care?

from http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/lucid/x11/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau :

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> Gesendet: Samstag, 29. November 2014 um 21:25 Uhr
> Von: "Roland Kletzing" <devzero at web.de>
> An: maarten.lankhorst at ubuntu.com, raof at ubuntu.com
> Cc: svenjoac at gmx.de
> Betreff: please include important fix for older nvidia gfx card
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> apparently there are five open bugtickets related to this - sorry, did not find them before this mail - and would have reported it there otherwise....
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/748184
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> also see
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+question/254272
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> Hi, 
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> i`m using a ubuntu based distro (mint) and having issues with graphics after installing it on older PC`s.
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> icons or other graphics elements are missing, for example in the file explorer or in the xfce4 welcome screen
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> as i have several older graphics cards, i recognized that the problem only appeared on older nvidia geforce graphics cards
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> i spent two hours digging into this and found, that it`s a known upstream issue and resolved:
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> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51477
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> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2014-August/018271.html
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> Could you please consider including this tiny but effective fix into current supported releases, i.e. put that into xf86-video-nouveau ?
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> I have taken a look at the source of 1.0.10 and it seems there is no need for "backporting" this fix, i.e. the fix should also work for 1.0.10 wihout to much programming effort.
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> I think especially all users of older hardware with nvidia geforce and lighteweight ubuntu based distro like mint xfce, lubunut, xubuntu will be very happy about this...
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> thank you!
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> regards
> Roland Kletzing
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> ps:
> if you are not the right persons to talk to , please tell me how to proceed. i´m somewhat new to ubuntu.
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