On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 05:03 +0000, Carl Fletcher wrote: > On 04/01/12 04:52, Allen wrote: > > 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 > > > I know you ran mkinitrd, but try a forced re-install of the kernel from > software manager. > > You can verify if there is a issue with the user account by creating a > new (test) user login, try logging in with it.
After a bit of hunting, I reinstalled xorg-x11-server. The output indicated it reset some permissions of different things (unfortunately I didn't capture the output). Upon reboot ... WooHoo A graphical desktop again! Thanks to Carl and Patrick for your help. Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
