Re: X: how to *really* switch from nouveau to modesetting?

2023-09-13 Thread D. R. Evans
Felix Miata wrote on 9/12/23 11:51: You really should eliminate that xorg.conf file, and if the problem continues, don't assume it's the kernel driver at fault. Just report a bug if so inclined. Where would depend on behavior after removing xorg.conf. If it fixes the problem, there is almost

Re: X: how to *really* switch from nouveau to modesetting?

2023-09-12 Thread Felix Miata
D. R. Evans composed on 2023-09-12 11:12 (UTC-0600): > Felix Miata wrote: > From the rest of your post, it sounds like everything is as it should be, > except that I should probably remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. And I could > also re-install the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau without

Re: X: how to *really* switch from nouveau to modesetting?

2023-09-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Felix Miata wrote on 9/11/23 19:57: You did it. You made the switch. But see below. (There are multiple components to GPU support in Linux.) (There is no "the" nouveau "driver". Graphics support is in the hands of multiple software components, several of which incorporate the string

Re: X: how to *really* switch from nouveau to modesetting?

2023-09-11 Thread Felix Miata
You did it. You made the switch. But see below. (There are multiple components to GPU support in Linux.) (There is no "the" nouveau "driver". Graphics support is in the hands of multiple software components, several of which incorporate the string "nouveau" in naming.) D. R. Evans composed

X: how to *really* switch from nouveau to modesetting?

2023-09-11 Thread D. R. Evans
This is a follow-on to the thread that started with: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/05/msg00657.html Following the upgrade to bookworm that I recently performed, I was hoping that the problem described in the first post in that thread would magically go away. It didn't :-( Felix