Re: Nouveau driver and kernel 2.6.32-5
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:11:56 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Barlow wrote:
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> I recently updated my kernel from 2.6.32-3 to 2.6.32-5, (Squeeze on an x86
> platform). I noticed on reboot that shortly after the kernel booted the
> screen switched to a frame buffer for the remaining loading messages. I
> have a desktop system that runs GNOME and so gdm started as usual and I
> logged in. However, I have three different CPUs that go through a kvm
> switch and I usually have to reset modeline settings via "xvidtune" in X for
> my Debian CPU.
>
> xvidtune no longer worked. I am using an Nvidia GeForce4 MX 4000 card. I
> hunted around and found that some combination of Freedesktop.org and the X
> group are now using kernel based X drivers or the KMS modes. It also
> appears that the "nv" driver disappeared and was replace by the "nouveau"
> driver. This new driver seems to be the source of my xvidtune problems.
> Does anyone on this list know who the appropriate group to send a "bug
> report" to would be? Thanks.
I experienced a similar problem on an older Nvidia card. If you want to
get the old behavior back, create a file in /etc/modprobe.d with an extension
of .conf. For example: /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf. Then turn off kernel
mode setting with a line in this file that looks like this:
options nouveau modeset=0
This will give you the hardware text-mode video modes on the text consoles
(1-6 by default) as before. Then, as root, run
update-initramfs -u
against the 2.6.32-5 initial RAM file system. Then, shutdown and reboot.
The nouveau video driver in X won't work if the nouveau kernel module doesn't
do mode setting. This should get your nv driver back. Blacklisting the
nouveau kernel module might work too, but using modeset=0 as an option was
how I solved it. (Make sure that /etc/modprobe.conf does not exist. If it
does, then files in /etc/modprobe.d will be ignored.)
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