Mark Goldstein composed on 2014-11-22 09:10 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata wrote:
Mark Goldstein composed on 2014-11-21 20:28 (UTC+0200):
Is the recommendation in SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way obsolete? Anyone has experience with removing nouveau driver in 13.2?
try to add nomodeset to grub.
Not sure what nomodeset has to do with removing nouveau?
Nouveau requires KMS. Nomodeset disables KMS, which denies loading of nouveau.
OK, I see. Still the SDB article mentions modeset.nouveau=0. And
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Linuxrc explains nomodeset is generic, while nouveau.modeset=0 is specific to NVidia chips. I've updated https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way to match, even though I never use proprietary video drivers in Linux.
rebuilding of initramfs. (Why graphical card driver is included into initramfs is another question).
I think it may be there for the benefit of bling, aka Plymouth.
In any case, the NVidia drivers for "old" GeForce FX series are not supported anymore. Old jokes about MS SW upgrades causing users to buy new HW unfortunately hold for Linux as well :-(
NVidia drivers are provided by NVidia. You could try complaining to NVidia, but don't forget it's in the business of selling hardware. Nouveau is FOSS. For nouveau to continue to provide support for old chips, there need to be community members testing those old chips using betaware and reporting bugs for any observed failures. The developers seem to upgrade their hardware more often than the general population and not keep the old stuff in use, if at all, depending on the people who depend on old hardware continuing to work being involved in the FOSS process. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org