On 2026-06-20 15:15 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> Boyan Penkov composed on 2026-06-20 14:38 (UTC-0400):
>
>> Interestingly, even before above, I was in modesetting, so I'm not
>> sure here, but will keep an eye out...
>
> There may be some installation algorithm that notes GPU and then includes
> something buried in either the /usr/ tree or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ that
> precludes
> use of the old driver in favor of modesetting.
No, the X server prefers modesetting over nouveau on any halfway recent
(less than 20 years old) card. This is due to a patch[1] which Debian
has copied from Fedora.
Cheers,
Sven
1.
https://sources.debian.org/src/xorg-server/2%3A21.1.23-1/debian/patches/07_use-modesetting-driver-by-default-on-GeForce.diff
