Last month, I sent in a query re Nouveau : thanks for the replies.
I have emerged it :
root:508 log> eix nouveau
[I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau
Available versions: 1.0.15 1.0.15-r1
Installed versions: 1.0.15-r1([2018-07-26 15:39:37])
Homepage: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
Description: Accelerated Open Source driver for nVidia cards
I have tried to switch to it with 'eselect opengl set xorg-x11' :
root:507 log> eselect opengl list
Available OpenGL implementations:
[1] nvidia
[2] xorg-x11 *
I have renamed /lib/udev/rules.d/99-nvidia.rules by appending '.dft',
as recommended in the Wiki.
But when I 'startx' & then check /var/log/Xorg.0.log , I find :
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.19.5, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 390.67 Fri Jun 1 02:45:19 PDT 2018
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(--) using VT number 7
I suspect that I need to re-merge some pkgs ;
I have added 'nouveau' to VIDEO_CARDS in make.conf ,
but it won't have an effect until a pkg is re-merged.
Can anyone offer advice what to try next ?
BTW the Wiki entry for 'nouveau' seems a bit out-of-date.
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