hmmmm. Did you see this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124918? (silly question, but i'll still try) - are you sure you have the latest and greatest driver?
get rid of xorg.conf and see if you get anything. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Here's the relevant lines from /var/log/messages: > <cut of by AZ> > Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Disabling fbcon > acceleration... > Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Unpinning > framebuffer(s)...II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 > 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) > (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 > 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) > (II) intel(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 > 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) > (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 > 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) > (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA2 > (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2 > (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1 > > > On 09/11/2011 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]> <[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 >> >> >> >>
