On Thursday 07 October 2010 19:06:20 dwgallien wrote:
Many thanks. That worked well, and I can now change back to the nvidia driver after the next upgrade of kernel or nvidia driver :)
Bob
Just fyi, while using xorg.conf to switch to nv works without any further steps, that won't be true with nouveau. Because it conflicts with the nvidia driver, nouveau must be blacklisted; consequently, if you decide to switch to nouveau instead, you'll need to remove the blacklisting (which is probably in the file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf).
Sorry for the delay in getting back. I got called away at short notice to go sailing for the weekend on Friday morning. Great way to blow away the cobwebs :)
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf just contains that one line, blacklist nouveau. Should I comment out that line (presumably by preceding it with #) or rename/delete the whole file? Or will either method work? I'm just thinking of the back out route being clear if I want to go back to the nvidia drivers.
Thanks,
You can do it either way. Just keep in mind that the kernel reads all files in that directory with a .conf suffix. The file nvidia.conf was created by the rpm package which installed the nvidia driver (installing from the compilation script on the nvidia site, does not). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org