Re: cannot go back from nouveau to nv

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

On 4/2/11 1:49 AM, Fumiaki Okushi wrote:
> I rebooted, but X won't work.
> Near the end of Xorg.0.log has the following message:
>
> (EE) NV: Kernel modesetting driver in use, refusing to load
>
> Indeed, nouveau.ko and its dependent drivers (eg., drm_kms_heler.ko)
> are still getting loaded.
>
> What do I need to do to go back to using nv?
>

I'm not sure, but I think you'll need to blacklist the nouveau kernel
module (as opposed to the nouveau X driver). Add a line to the end of
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:

blacklist nouveau

and reboot. See if that works for you.

-- 
Kent