Re: MSI N210 graphics card causes boot failure
On 2012-01-01 17:46 +0100, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:20:25 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>
>> On 2012-01-01 15:33 +0100, Camaleón wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:29:51 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2011-12-31 21:41 +0100, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That's why I suggested to log in from a second computer via ssh. It's
>>>> hard to do anything with a blank screen.
>>>
>>> I guess blacklisting nouveau module should have be done from "init 1"
>>> with no running X session at all.
>>
>> Booting with "init 1" does not prevent the module from being loaded.
>
> (...)
>
> I haven't expressed myself right. I didn't want to say "booting at init 1
> to prevent the nuvó module from being loaded" but once the system has
> booted (with KMS disabled) jump to "init 1" and blacklist the module from
> there.
There is no reason why you would need to switch to runlevel 1 for that.
Besides, changing the bootloader configuration to permanently add the
"nomodeset" kernel parameter might be better than blacklisting the
module.
Sven
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