On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:17 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:06 PM Ilia Mirkin <imir...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:00 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > lsmod | grep nouveau
>> >
>> > What dont I have ?
>>
>> nouveau :)
>>
>> Other than that, you got everything...
>>
>> Check dmesg for errors.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>   -ilia
>
>
> I see this:
> Oct  1 15:11:21 mediaport57 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1546]: (==) Matched 
> nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0

This is not dmesg. This is some log file. Please look in dmesg.

> Oct  1 15:11:23 mediaport57 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1546]: (**) VESA(0): 
> Using "Shadow Framebuffer"

X is using the VESA driver because nouveau (nor any other DRM driver) is loaded.

>
> So it seems like its loading .... but perhaps its not happy ????
>
> What do I do  ?

Check dmesg for why nouveau didn't load.

  -ilia

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