On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 01:48:15 -0400 Philip Webb wrote: > Last month, I sent in a query re Nouveau : thanks for the replies. > > I have emerged it : > > root:508 log> eix nouveau > [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau > Available versions: 1.0.15 1.0.15-r1 > Installed versions: 1.0.15-r1([2018-07-26 15:39:37]) > Homepage: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ > Description: Accelerated Open Source driver for nVidia cards > > I have tried to switch to it with 'eselect opengl set xorg-x11' : > > root:507 log> eselect opengl list > Available OpenGL implementations: > [1] nvidia > [2] xorg-x11 * > > I have renamed /lib/udev/rules.d/99-nvidia.rules by appending '.dft', > as recommended in the Wiki. > > But when I 'startx' & then check /var/log/Xorg.0.log , I find : > > (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 1.19.5, module version = 1.0.0 > ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0 > (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" > (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so > (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" > compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 390.67 Fri Jun 1 02:45:19 PDT 2018 > (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs > (--) using VT number 7 > > I suspect that I need to re-merge some pkgs ; > I have added 'nouveau' to VIDEO_CARDS in make.conf , > but it won't have an effect until a pkg is re-merged. > > Can anyone offer advice what to try next ?
Your xorg.conf (or a file from xorg.conf.d directory) must contain the following: Section "Device" Identifier "Card1" Driver "modesetting" ... (some options may follow) EndSection You probably name `Driver "nvidia"` there right now. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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