On Sat, 04 Aug 2018 01:48:15 -0400,
Philip Webb wrote:
>
> 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 BTW the Wiki entry for 'nouveau' seems a bit out-of-date.
Maybe something in xorg.conf loads the wrong driver?
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