On Friday, December 30, 2011 08:41 AM Rajko M. wrote:
On Wednesday, December 28, 2011 04:25:49 PM James Knott wrote:
Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
I just removed nouveau and rebooted. The system seems more responsive now and top shows xorg at more normal levels. I'll have to see how it does in use.
How you removed nouveau ? it is part of the kernel... echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/99-local.conf should be enough.
As I mentioned in another note, it was listed in Software Manager. I simply deleted it by replacing the check mark with an X. The package removed was:
xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau - Accelerated Open Source driver for nVidia cards
While removing xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau should: - remove xorg part of nouveau - blacklist kernel module nuveau - rebuild initrd without nouveau and with nvidia kernel module
You can check is it the case with:
lsmod | grep nouveau
which will show is kernel driver nouveau still loaded. If it is then your video system most likely has no access to 3D.
Actually:
hwinfo --gfxcard
should give you comprehensive output that has only one problem, it is verbose :)
Just to clarify two details . . . First, there are 2 pieces to nouveau - the X driver and the kernel module. So while uninstalling the xorg nouveau package removes the driver, it does not remove the kernel module. Second, the nouveau kernel module is compiled into the kernel. It is not in the initrd. Nor does the nvidia kernel module get put into the initrd at installation. So in other words, the kernel by default loads nouveau beause it is in the kernel binary; blacklisting it instructs the kernel not to do the load. The nvidia module if installed is loaded later. And any graphics prior to starting X is not using either nouveau or nvidia, it is the vesa framebuffer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org