Bjoern Voigt composed on 2016-04-08 13:36 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata wrote:
Why proprietary rather than FOSS driver? I have GeForce 8400GS (GT218) running TW 20160406, without using startup xrandr or any non-default configuration in xorg.conf*, with Plasma sessions on tty3 (simply startx) and tty4 (startx -- :1) and IceWM (startx /usr/bin/icewm) on tty5, all same user login. Other than not finding them on tty7 & up where they used to be, they seem to work same as always, as with Intel or ATI gfxchips.
I have a Maxwell based graphics card (Geforce GTX 750). nouveau (Tumbleweed version) does not run with this card. I already tried this.
Kernel 4.6 will provide support for the Maxwell graphic cards. I am not sure, if a Mesa and/or xf86-video-nouveau update will be necessary too.
I was a little too quick in clicking send, omitting to ask if you tried running with neither nouveau nor nvidia drivers installed. I just found out 3 days ago[1] that the modeset driver built into Xorg works better than gfxchip-specific drivers for many, but forgot until after responding to you yesterday to try for myself. Could modeset be already working for Maxwell? [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/4cojj9/it_is_probably_time_to_di... -- "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-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org