Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (516 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Michael Powell <nightrecon@xxxxxxxxxxx> [02-01-11 06:17]:

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> 1rst caveat - I am no expert, and do not use Intel video. I do believe that 
> to use Nvidia drivers one has to explicitly install them. This is because 
> the nouveau driver ships with the regular install, and is incompatible in 
> that both cannot be used at the same time. When Nvidia drivers are 
> installed, either via repo or the .run file from the Nvidia web site, the 
> nouveau kernel module gets "blacklisted" to prevent it from loading at boot.
>
> This is done by a file in /etc/modprobe.d and will contain a line with: 
> 'blacklist nouveau' in it. Indeed, if you try to install using the .run file 
> from the web site while in an init 5 desktop it will stop with an error that 
> it cannot continue because it can't get rid of the running nouveau module 
> and please go to an init 3 to install.

11.2/kernel-2.6.37-41-default
NVidia 4300GS
NVidia 260.19.36

nouveau module is loaded, not blacklisted.

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> When you install Nvidia drivers, along with them come an Nvidia version of 
> the OpenGL libraries. These will only work with the Nvidia kernel module and 
> Xorg driver combination; they will not work with anything else. If they were 
> somehow accidently left behind after a failed attempt at removing Nvidia, 
> you would find that OpenGL would no longer function when switching back to 
> the Intel video.

agree

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