Hi Wolfgang, thx for your patience :) [...]
If nouveau fails to load, Xorg will fall back to a different driver, likely "modesetting" which will still use the nouveau kernel module.
I know, but this isn't the case here.
But that's the only explanation I would have.
Just to be sure: Xorg will try to load nouveau in any case (and you will see this in the log), but that doesn't mean that it's actually used.
Yes, but the driver module and all of its dependend modules are loaded. And running Yast's hardware info, it says "Kernel driver: nouveau". And whats more: There are journal entries about crashes and errors regarding the nouveau driver.
Well, apparently the nouveau Xorg driver doesn't support your chipset. As you told Xorg to use nouveau, it fails to start because nouveau cannot be loaded.
According to the nouveau page, NV117 is supported.
Ok, but the question is since when. The driver clearly states that it doesn't support it, and I doubt that is related to specifying nouveau in the xorg.conf...
I understand your doubts, I share them, but what I see differs from what I believe :)
Actually it seems they *removed* the support again nearly a year ago (in 1.0.12 and 1.0.13): https://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/xf86-video-nouveau/commit/?id=3e2e0faa2... e1cce9c1bb5c7ad80d0592460f3edc
Ooops. That may explain, why zypper on Tumbleweed shows a warning regarding stability when you install the nouveau X server.
It's been added back in git master a month ago, but there's been no new release yet. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/xf86-video-nouveau/commit/?id=a24ded627... 42d453546c553d609edc073f59cd57
But a new kernel in the kernel stable repo, where I get my kernels from.
Tumbleweed has a newer kernel (and a newer nouveau kernel module), this may be the difference.
As I wrote - I use exactly the same kernel.
Sorry, overlooked that detail.
np.
Well, did you upgrade the kernel-firmware too?
Yes.
Kind Regards, Wolfgang
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