On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 03:58 +0000, Carl Fletcher wrote: > On 04/01/12 03:46, Allen wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 03:39 +0000, Carl Fletcher wrote: > >> On 03/01/12 22:31, Allen wrote: > >>> Hi everyone. > >>> > >>> I have a Macbook Pro 5,5 running openSUSE 12.1. After installation I > >>> had the Nouveau driver running very happily, much better at switching > >>> external monitors than the proprietary driver. > >>> > >>> Unfortunately, I needed to use a projector, and had to revert to the > >>> nVidia driver. I used the repositories to install the driver, all went > >>> well, and the projector worked fine. > >>> > >>> But then I wanted to go back to Nouveau. I used YaST to remove the > >>> nvidia driver, expecting things to return as they were, but no such > >>> luck. No I have the system boot without error, but to a console only. > >>> Once I am logged in as root at the console, I then need to type > >>> > >>> gdm start > >>> > >>> and gnome desktop appears and everything else works fine. The nouveau > >>> driver is installed and working. No errors are reported in X.0.log or > >>> in /var/log/gdm/* > >>> > >>> > >>> I haven't manually edited any files. Everything I have done in managing > >>> nouveau/nvidia drivers has been done via Yast. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Any ideas on how to start gdm automatically would be much appreciated. > >>> > >>> > >> I suspect that the setting here > >> http://www.imagebam.com/image/0b8bc990401871 > >> May be set to YES, which is OK for using nvidia > >> > >> Make sure it's NO > > Thanks Carl. > > > > It is already set to NO. > > > > I ran /sbin/mkinitrd at a command prompt and got the following > > > > linux-5efu:/home/allen # /sbin/mkinitrd > > > > Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-1.2-desktop > > Initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.1.0-1.2-desktop > > KMS drivers: nouveau nvidia > > Root device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK3255GSXF_X96JT4KBT-part4 > > (/dev/sda4) (mounted on / as ext4) > > Resume device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK3255GSXF_X96JT4KBT-part3 > > (/dev/sda3) > > modprobe: Could not read > > '/lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko': No such > > file or directory > > WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module 'nvidia' found. > > Kernel Modules: thermal_sys thermal processor fan pata_acpi button video > > wmi mxm-wmi i2c-algo-bit drm drm_kms_helper ttm nouveau > > Features: acpi kms block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel > > Bootsplash: openSUSE (1280x800), openSUSE (800x600) > > > > As you can see, it has listed under KMS driver both nouveau and nvidia. > > Given the nvidia driver is not installed, should this be there? > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Allen > > > > > > > Umm... > > You ought not to login as root, you know that? > > What shows with > > rpm -qa | grep nvidia > > nvidia should not be in the output there
Yes, I know I shouldn't be logged in as root, but I can't login as an ordinary user at the console, and also start gdm. Once GDM starts I can login in as my ordinary user profile. As soon as I can get this fixed to start gdm I will be right. linux-5efu:/home/allen # rpm -qa | grep nvidia linux-5efu:/home/allen # Nothing from nvidia installed. When I am logged in to Gnome3, I am using the normal desktop (not fallbackmode). /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager is set to gdm. Perhaps it is a permission thing on startup (gdm does not start as an ordinary user), or m,aybe there is a mis-configured profile somewhere still looking for nvidia. Thanks for you input so far. Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
