I'll try to pull this later tonight and post it. On Sep 11, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
> Kevin, > I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last > (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > Kevin Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it > automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't > know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed > the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel > arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was > the same....eventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped > booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not > sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in > a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think > it would be this difficult. > > Kevin > > On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: > > On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: > > > >> Some good info over at the archlinux forums: > >> > >> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 > >> > >> http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic > >> modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via > >> the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation > >> tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. > >> > >> nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 <--append this to grub > >> kernel line > >> > > > > The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau > > mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and > > runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf > file. > > > > Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist > > the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver > > is being loaded? > > > > Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you > > should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these > > fixes incorporated into the package. > > > >> If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel > >> module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) > >> > >> nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 <-- append this to grub kernel line > >> > >> Hope that helps. > >> > >> Chris > >>
