Re: [opensuse] how to extract and utilize kms settings?

On Wednesday 06 February 2013 03:18:24 pm Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* kanenas@hawaii.rr.com [02-06-13 20:10]: [...]

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the nomodeset command was used when there was no screen visible or a garbled screen. As mentioned, the only time the nouveau driver found the true 2560x1440 resolution was with the kde3-suse 12.1 live-cd. that os is installed. This email is being sent from that system. right now I am *not* using nomodeset. but trying to run google-earth on the nouveau driver is like pouring molasses in Alaska in February:) trying the accellerated nouveau also fails, the propriatory nvidia drivers fail as well, that's with kms disabled and nouveau blacklisted.

What version of NVidia driver is failing. I have a laptop which will not use anything > 304.60 do to the age of the card. And I have to use nomodeset or the fb screen is scrambled.

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well, i have the nvidia community repository installed, i usually try the latest from there. my video card is a little old but it should still be ok, it is a gt-240. i tried the legacy, the g01 and the g02 drivers. no luck ( it should be the g02). but i just read something about nouveau.nomode or something like it that must be added to grub on top of blacklisting nouveau, so i have something new to try tomorrow. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org