* Marc Chamberlin<marc@marcchamberlin.com> [Jan 28. 2011 02:06]:
Since you are on 11.3, Xorg should actually work without any xorg.conf. Try removing it and seeing what happens. nvidia> nouveau> nv in the Xorg autodetect so it should still boot up with the proprietary drivers. Thanks Tejas, that was an interesting discovery! I was unaware that
On 1/27/2011 4:40 PM, Tejas Guruswamy wrote: things have changed so much in 11.3, Sax2 and xorg.conf are like old friends to me, been around so long.. So you set me on a new path, and yes removing the xorg.conf file completely works, sorta... While the GUI does come up with the init 5 level, I still don't think the nVidia drivers are working. None of the openGL screensavers run for example, and the nvidia server settings tool still complains that I am not using nVidia drivers.
I did a bit of further investigating and read another thread where someone suggested executing the following and I discovered something interesting that I didn't know about this laptop -
lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2)
so apparently I have two graphic controllers??? So that raises some questions, do I have a conflict and am I getting a driver loaded for the Intel controller instead of the nVidia controller? How do I find out, and how do I get just the nVidia drivers working? Marc,
Just go into your bios and make sure it's disabled. You will always see the reference to it in lspci as it's querying the ROM chips on the motherboard ... this doesn't mean Linux is trying to load a driver for it.
Also, have you done an "lsmod | grep nvidia" to see if the kernel module is even loading? The module is linked to a specific version of the kernel so if there was a kernel update it most likely can't find the module as it's in the /lib/modules directory for the previous kernel.
So " find /lib/modules/ -print | grep nvidia " should tell you if there is an existing module (driver) in the correct spot for your current kernel.
Ben Thanks Ben for replying, most appreciated! I have to admit that at this
On 1/31/2011 9:26 AM, Ben Rosenberg wrote: point I am seriously confused by what is happening on my laptop. I decided to do a ground zero reinstall of openSuSE 11.3 x64 on my laptop. Reformatted the disk drive and started over. After initial installation I found that my openGL screen savers were working. I looked for evidence of seeing if any nVidia drivers were installed (wanted to know what rev level they were at, and I could not find any. The lsmod command showed no evidence, nor did the Xorg.0.log file. So apparently nVidia drivers are not supplied as part of the ISO download for openSuSE. I then added the nVidia repositories (along with Packman and a couple others) then did an update which also added the nVidia drivers to the mix of things that were added to my system. Rebooted, and discovered that the openGL screen savers were no longer working. Again lsmod and Xorg.0.log did not indicate that any nVidia drivers were loaded or being used. Puzzled, I decided to try an experiment and I removed all nVidia drivers, including the open source nouveau driver which YaST tried to install after I had removed the two proprietary nVidia drivers I had gotten from the nVidia repository. Once I had removed all the nVidia drivers, I rebooted, and found the openGL screen savers again working! So apparently my laptop is willing to use the Intel video (which I believe is integrated into the I5 processor) so long as no nVidia drivers are present, and then run the openGL screen savers. There is no way to disable the Intel video controller in the BIOS and I don't find any way to select or deselect using either video controllers via any of the openSuSE/KDE tools. And I certainly do not understand why simply installing the nVidia drivers breaks things. I would think the nVidia controller would be a far better and more desirable controller to use. As an aside, Windows7 does use the nVidia controller and automatically disables the Intel controller, if I believe what their hardware info is reporting.... I would like to be able to experiment with both and determine which one is better, and be able to select either... I will await for further advice before proceeding, thanks again all for any help/advice offered! Marc... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org