Hi. On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:48:42 -0600 "D. R. Evans" <doc.ev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As my old thread has been hijacked, I thought that I'd better start a new one. > > Teemu Likonen wrote on 07/17/2017 03:09 PM: > > D. R. Evans [2017-07-17 14:19:32-06] wrote: > > > >> Beginning a couple of weeks ago, I started to experience occasional > >> freezes or > >> sudden blank screens on my 64-bit jessie system. > > > >> Jul 17 13:58:23 homebrew kernel: [24262.075187] nouveau E[ DRM] GPU > >> lockup > >> - switching to software fbcon > >> > >> I don't know how a particular driver gets chosen by the system, but is > >> there a > >> different driver I could try? > > > > I have an Nvidia card and experienced complete lockups with nouveau > > driver. Solution: Install nvidia-driver packages and all is working > > well. Just one additional problem: non-free software. > > > > I have installed the nvidia-driver package. > > At that point X did not start on boot, so I installed nvidia-xconfig and ran > it. It gave half a dozen errors, but on reboot X started and looks good. > > How do I confirm that I am actually using the proprietary driver rather than > nouveau? grep -i glx ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.[0-9]*.log If you see nvidia in the result - you're using proprietary driver. Reco
