[opensuse] Cannot get rid of nouveau driver in 13.2
Hi, I have an old machine that I use as a "testbed". I've installed 13.2 (32 bit) on it and trying to configure it. It has relatively old GeForce FX card (5xxx) that does not have driver in rpm repository for 13.2 (why?) (it should be 173.something), so I had to go "hard way". I added "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and modeset.nouveau=0 to the grub2 line, but the nouveau is still loaded (as shown by lsmod). (The options added automatically by NVidia installer did not help either: it actually creates separate conf file in /etc/modprobe.d with blacklist nouveau and option modeset.nouveau=0). Is the recommendation in SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way obsolete? Anyone has experience with removing nouveau driver in 13.2? TIA -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Mark Goldstein
I added "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and modeset.nouveau=0 to the grub2 line, but the nouveau is still loaded (as shown by lsmod).
Have you rebuilt your initramfs? Starting with 13.2, the preferred method is via dracut. Try, running "dracut -f" as root then rebooting. Brandon Vincent -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Brandon Vincent
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Mark Goldstein
wrote: I added "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and modeset.nouveau=0 to the grub2 line, but the nouveau is still loaded (as shown by lsmod).
Have you rebuilt your initramfs? Starting with 13.2, the preferred method is via dracut.
Actually using plain dracut resulted in unbootable system for me; using mkinitrd (which is a wrapper above dracut) worked. I did not investigate it further.
Try, running "dracut -f" as root then rebooting.
Brandon Vincent -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Andrei Borzenkov
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Brandon Vincent
wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Mark Goldstein
wrote: I added "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and modeset.nouveau=0 to the grub2 line, but the nouveau is still loaded (as shown by lsmod).
Have you rebuilt your initramfs? Starting with 13.2, the preferred method is via dracut.
Actually using plain dracut resulted in unbootable system for me; using mkinitrd (which is a wrapper above dracut) worked. I did not investigate it further.
Try, running "dracut -f" as root then rebooting.
Thanks Brandon and Andrei, I missed the point about rebuilding imitramfs. mkinitrd made it. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Mark Goldstein
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Andrei Borzenkov
wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Brandon Vincent
wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Mark Goldstein
wrote: I added "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and modeset.nouveau=0 to the grub2 line, but the nouveau is still loaded (as shown by lsmod).
Have you rebuilt your initramfs? Starting with 13.2, the preferred method is via dracut.
Actually using plain dracut resulted in unbootable system for me; using mkinitrd (which is a wrapper above dracut) worked. I did not investigate it further.
Try, running "dracut -f" as root then rebooting.
Thanks Brandon and Andrei, I missed the point about rebuilding imitramfs. mkinitrd made it.
... but kernel module build failed. Will try to see why later. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Mark Goldstein
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Mark Goldstein
wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Andrei Borzenkov
wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Brandon Vincent
wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Mark Goldstein
wrote: I added "blacklist nouveau" to /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and modeset.nouveau=0 to the grub2 line, but the nouveau is still loaded (as shown by lsmod).
Have you rebuilt your initramfs? Starting with 13.2, the preferred method is via dracut.
Actually using plain dracut resulted in unbootable system for me; using mkinitrd (which is a wrapper above dracut) worked. I did not investigate it further.
Try, running "dracut -f" as root then rebooting.
Thanks Brandon and Andrei, I missed the point about rebuilding imitramfs. mkinitrd made it.
... but kernel module build failed. Will try to see why later.
Hmm... NVidia dropped the 173.xxx branch support and 173.14.39 does not work on new kernels and with new X servers. Bummer. Back to nouveau that causes the screen flickering. Fortunately that it is only a test machine. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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