Re: How to ditch nouveau driver with nVidia card

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:

[...]

>
> You have to edit the line starting with "linux", putting parameters
> after /vmlinuz-$version .

Finding that line was the problem...
I found /boot/grub.cfg and the kernel line there

> You could boot with the nomodeset kernel parameter, which should
> give you the vesa driver under X. ...... Alternatively, boot with
> nouveau.noaccel=1 to disable acceleration.
> 
Turns out:
nomodeset kills my framebuffer and of course leaves me with gigantic
font type when in console mode, also has reduced my desktop
resolution.

I think I'd rather put up with having to boot a few times than those
two disadvantages...

However:

> . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Alternatively, boot with
> nouveau.noaccel=1 to disable acceleration

Seems to be golden... It does seem to stop the goofy login at console
screen. And since my uasge on linux is never heavily graphics oriented
I see no downside so far.

Thank you for the helpful posts.