On 2010-12-20 19:51 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 20/12/10 18:37, Sven Joachim wrote: >> This is pretty normal, although you should specify the nvidia driver in >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf, preventing all the probing of other drivers in the >> first place. Do you even have an xorg.conf? > > No xorg.conf, so its doing it automatically.
I wonder how (or rather if) this ever worked. >> Blacklisting a kernel module only ensures that udev won't load it >> (because it runs modprobe with the "-b" switch). It does not prevent >> loading the module by other means (such as by the X server, who runs >> modprobe _without_ the "-b" switch). > > Does this mean that I really ought to make an xorg.conf ? If nouveau does not suite you and you want the proprietary driver, this is indeed necessary, X will not probe non-free drivers for you. The file only needs to be four lines long: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Section "Device" Identifier "NVidia Card" Driver "nvidia" EndSection --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tyi8gpuv....@turtle.gmx.de