Re: video driver - new thread
Hi.
On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:48:42 -0600
"D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> wrote:
> As my old thread has been hijacked, I thought that I'd better start a new one.
>
> Teemu Likonen wrote on 07/17/2017 03:09 PM:
> > D. R. Evans [2017-07-17 14:19:32-06] wrote:
> >
> >> Beginning a couple of weeks ago, I started to experience occasional freezes or
> >> sudden blank screens on my 64-bit jessie system.
> >
> >> Jul 17 13:58:23 homebrew kernel: [24262.075187] nouveau E[ DRM] GPU lockup
> >> - switching to software fbcon
> >>
> >> I don't know how a particular driver gets chosen by the system, but is there a
> >> different driver I could try?
> >
> > I have an Nvidia card and experienced complete lockups with nouveau
> > driver. Solution: Install nvidia-driver packages and all is working
> > well. Just one additional problem: non-free software.
> >
>
> I have installed the nvidia-driver package.
>
> At that point X did not start on boot, so I installed nvidia-xconfig and ran
> it. It gave half a dozen errors, but on reboot X started and looks good.
>
> How do I confirm that I am actually using the proprietary driver rather than
> nouveau?
grep -i glx ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.[0-9]*.log
If you see nvidia in the result - you're using proprietary driver.
Reco
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