On 2013-03-17 21:45 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
I was just taking a closer look at the video drivers. Both "xf86-video-nv - NVIDIA video driver for the Xorg X server" and "xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau - Accelerated Open Source driver for nVidia cards" are shown as installed. I've also got " libdrm_nouveau1-32bit - Userspace interface for Kernel DRM services for NVIDIA chips" and "libdrm_nouveau2-32bit - Userspace interface for Kernel DRM services for NVIDIA chips", with the nouveau1 version number listed in red. It looks like I've got to many packages installed here.
IIRC, the nv driver is intended for the oldest NVidia chips supported by a chip specific FOSS driver. Last I checked, it was incompatible with KMS, but it's been a while. The nouveau driver is intended for more recent NVidia chips and is only for use with KMS, but by specifying nomodeset or blacklisting nouveau I think the nv driver will load for newer chips. IOW, having both nv and nouveau drivers installed is normal. Xorg.0.log tells which is being used. About the DRM packages, I know nutting. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org