Ok, let's CC nouveau list back. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:31:58PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote: > >> One thing I didn't check before sending my last mail: can I go back > >> to console mode after having started X with say, the nv X module ? > >> > >> Unfortunately this doesn't work: be it from Fluxbox or KDE, when > >> I logout or use Alt+Ctrl+Fn I see a black screen. > > > > nv or nouveau? > > running nv (X) with nouveau kernel module is unsupported > > Running nv (X). > > I understand that running nv (X) with nouveau kernel module is unsupported, > but if a nVidia GPU is detected the nouveau kernel module is automatically > loaded during startup (unless blacklisted, of course). > > This don't prevent to run X with the nv module (in a distribution in which > nouveau (X) is not available, for instance), but going back to console mode > doen't work in that case. > > Is there any way to make it working, as some distributions do not include > (yet) all components needed for nouveau (mainly matching libdrm and X module) > ?
I'm not aware of any trick to make both nv and nouveau working. Maybe there should be a way to prevent nv (and vesa, but not fbdev) from loading when KMS is in use? > > nouveau kernel module works only with nouveau and fbdev X drivers > > I'll will try with fbdev then. Marcin _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
