Wait a second.... why is nvidia-settings trying to create an xorg.conf file? I thought the program was nvidia-xconfig ..
Are you running nvidia-settings from a graphical terminal? With X running? On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 3:15 PM Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote: > On 1/7/19 2:59 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > the blacklist file prevents Nouveau from loading, but if you need to > double > > check that it actually worked you use 'lsmod' > > I pipe the output to grep to shorten the list: > > > > $ lsmod |grep nouveau > > root@ENU-2:~# lsmod | grep nouveau > root@ENU-2:~# > > > > This will output a single line if it finds the nouveau kernel module, or > do > > nothing if nouveau is not loaded. Do the same for the nvidia driver: > > $ lsmod |grep nvidia > > root@ENU-2:~# lsmod | grep nvidia > nvidia_drm 36083 2 > nvidia_modeset 1100086 3 nvidia_drm > nvidia 14351241 84 nvidia_modeset > ipmi_msghandler 37262 1 nvidia > drm_kms_helper 119698 2 i915,nvidia_drm > drm 323926 6 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm > i2c_core 48117 7 > drm,i915,i2c_i801,i2c_dev,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nvidia > root@ENU-2:~# > > > If both drivers are loaded at the same time, you will have problems > > If neither driver is loaded, you will have 2D performance only. > > If nouveau is loaded, but NOT nvidia then nvidia-settings will crash and > > burn. > > > > > > Find which of the 2 modules you have currently loaded in your kernel with > > lsmod, > > Then check the nvidia packages you have installed: > > $ ls /var/log/packages/ |grep nvidia > > root@ENU-2:~# ls /var/log/packages | grep nvidia > nvidia-legacy390-driver-390.87-x86_64-1_SBo > nvidia-legacy390-kernel-390.87_4.4.157-x86_64-1_SBo > root@ENU-2:~# > > > None of the above suggestions are fixes, just triage. What is broken > > depends entirely on the output of lsmod vs the nvidia programs you have > > installed. > > nvidia-settings runs. > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf 73 lines, starting with: > > # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings > # nvidia-settings: version 390.87 (root@ENU-2) Sun Jan 6 15:29:25 PST > 2019 > > It also has a set of lines: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "GeForce GT 610" > EndSection > > (When I saved that configuration there were two screens. In this file I > only see screen 0. Should I try running nvidia-setting again as root, > which I did the first time) and see if the changes stick? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
