I've barely been keeping up with all of the trial and error. If you are not opposed to using the NVidia Linux drivers that you download directly from them, this is what I would suggest, please note, there is a new step that you did not have to do in 6.0 that is now required for 6.1 (at least on the machines we're using). echo 'blacklist nouveau' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf vi /etc/grub.conf add rdblacklist=nouveau to kernel line *NEW STEP* yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau reboot (you should not see ANY mention of nouveau in the message log, if you do, it's not going to work) init 3 ./NVIDIA-Linux..... reboot nvidia-settings (if you need to adjust stuff). you MUST MUST MUST remove nouveau, this is new behavior in 6.1 not sure why but that's what I had to do to make my old process work. -Jordan
_____ From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Z Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:37 AM To: Kevin Thomas Cc: Phil Perry; SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@LISTSERV.FNAL.GOV Subject: Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop I recently removed my xorg.conf and x refused to start. Ob the screen I saw blinking and then. Well nothing. Maybe if you put some basic conf it will help? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas <axel2...@gmail.com> wrote: I just read over that, but I didn't get much out of it other than "the intel stuff worked" (there wasn't really any explanation on that) and that bumblee is the proclaimed solution, unless I'm missing something. I don't know what you mean by the latest and greatest driver. Are you referring to Intel or Nvidia? I don't even have an xorg.conf file on my system. On 09/12/2011 09:36 PM, Andrew Z wrote: hmmmm. Did you see this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124918 ? (silly question, but i'll still try) - are you sure you have the latest and greatest driver? get rid of xorg.conf and see if you get anything. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Kevin Thomas <axel2...@gmail.com> wrote: Here's the relevant lines from /var/log/messages: <cut of by AZ> Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Disabling fbcon acceleration... Sep 11 21:09:55 xps kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Unpinning framebuffer(s)...II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz) (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2 (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1 On 09/11/2011 11:07 PM, Andrew Z wrote: Kevin, I'm sure you went over this. Already, but maybe you can tell us what last (relevant ) lines are in messages are and what X.log has? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Kevin Thomas <mailto:axel2...@gmail.com> <axel2...@gmail.com> wrote: You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created. After I installed the kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the same....eventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting, although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2. I'm not sure what to try next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email, which I provided, but I'm lost now. I didn't think it would be this difficult. Kevin On 09/11/2011 01:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote: > On 11/09/11 18:39, Chris Pemberton wrote: > >> Some good info over at the archlinux forums: >> >> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=881549 >> >> http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/ >> >> To test the nvidia driver: blacklist the nouveau and intel graphic >> modules, disable kernel mode-setting, and boot to runlevel 3 (all via >> the kernel command line args below). Then run nvidia's xorg creation >> tool (nvidia-xconfig). Give X a try and see if it works. >> >> nouveau.disable=1 intel.disable=1 nomodeset 3 <--append this to grub >> kernel line >> > > The elrepo.org kmod-nvidia package already disables nouveau > mode-setting (nouveau.modeset=0), blacklists the nouveau driver and > runs nvidia-xconfig to create a suitable xorg.conf file. > > Perhaps in the case of these hybrid systems we also need to blacklist > the Intel driver too as suggested above. Do we know which Intel driver > is being loaded? > > Once you have worked out what works for you through testing, you > should file a bug at http://elrepo.org/bugs/ and we can get these > fixes incorporated into the package. > >> If that wont work, black list nouveau and nvidia, and try the intel >> module (delete the xorg.conf made by nvidia-xconfig) >> >> nouveau.disable=1 nomodeset 3 <-- append this to grub kernel line >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Chris >>