On 9/20/19 4:40 PM, Mark Hounschell wrote:
On 9/20/19 4:21 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Mark Hounschell composed on 2019-09-20 15:58 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata wrote:
Historically, disabling KMS is a required component of NVidia driver installation. Have you attempted NVidia installation on 15.1?
Ya, that is where this all started.
IMO the best next move is to eradicate all remnants of NVidia driver installation. As I've never installed NVidia drivers, I'm not privy to the exact procedure, which AFAIK is detailed in those drivers' installation instructions. Historically, blacklisting nouveau and tampering with content in /lib/ is part of their installation process, and must be reversed before any FOSS KMS X configuration (nouveau DDX or modesetting DDX) can work. Once FOSS is working as expected consideration of trying again with NVidia's tainting can be made.
This has been done. I actually did a fresh 15.1 install on a test disk. No NVIDIA software ever touched that install. It is pure FOSS and I have to use nomodeset to get a GUI. Both monitors contain the same thing. Mouse will NOT move between the 2 monitors.
I have had some success. Not with the G70 [GeForce 7800 GT] I have on machines at work but here at home with the same hardware except a G92 [GeGorce 9800 GT+] card. Here I also did a fresh 15.1 install and when done everything worked just as if I were using NVIDIA. The fresh install I did at work with the G70 nvidia card did not require me to use nomodeset during the install. Only after. I think, as you all have hinted to, that if I can get a successful GUI login without having to use nomodeset it will work properly at work also. So that seems to be what I need to concentrate on. Not haveing to use nomodeset at work with the G70 card to get a successful GUI login. Regards Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org