Re: cannot go back from nouveau to nv
On 2011-04-02 08:49 +0200, Fumiaki Okushi wrote:
> I'm running Debian Squeeze amd64.
> I'm trying to go back to using nv after trying to get nouveau working
> and failed.
I'm sorry that nouveau did not work for you. Could you please elaborate
what the problem was?
> I purged the two packages I had to install to attempt nouveau:
> - xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> - libdrm-nouveau1
Removing these packages is neither necessary nor helpful.
> 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?
Blacklist the nouveau module or boot with nouveau.modeset=0. See
http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting.
Sven
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