On 10/07/2010 11:14 AM, Bob Williams wrote:
Hi,
I'm still getting frequent, intermittent hangs which I believe is due to a conflict between the kernel 2.6.34.7-0.3-desktop and the nvidia video driver 256.53-16.1.
I'd like to try switching to the opensource nv/nouveau driver, but I'm not sure how to go about it. The xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau 0.0.15 is installed, according to yast.
Any suggestions, please?
Bob
Bob, It's simple. I just keep 2 xorg.conf file (xorg.conf.nv and xorg.conf.nvidia). They are basically identical except for the following: (nvidia driver) Section "Device" Driver "nvidia" <snip> Option "Coolbits" "1" (nv driver) Driver "nv" <snip> #Option "Coolbits" "1" (just comment or remove this option) Easy way: su cd /etc/X11 cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.nvidia vi (or your favorite editor) xorg.conf change: Driver "nvidia" to Driver "nv" and remove the Coolbits option (then exit editor) cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.nv logout (if in kde/gnome/whatever) ctrl+alt+F1 (to get a terminal) login (as root or su) rcxdm restart logout of terminal ctrl+alt+F7 (to get back to login) Note: in some circumstances pieces of the display driver can be left in memory even after restarting the display manager that can cause problem with the new driver (more of an ATI issue). If this happens, just reboot with the new xorg.conf in place Done -- Good Luck :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org