Re: problem with GeForce GTX 1050
On Sun 12 Jul 2020 at 10:45:09 (-0400), David Bridgham wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com
> <mailto:andreimpopescu%40gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > Check your Xorg.0.log, it should tell you what driver it is loading and
> > might hint at why it's not using nouveau.
>
> Found something very odd when trying to do this. When I boot the older
> kernel, the one that works, Xorg doesn't appear to write the log file.
> The log file contains the kernel version number and it's never the older
> one. I'd meant to compare the two to see where they differ.
Can you show the output of ls -l ~/.local/share/xorg/ /var/log/X*
> However, on reading through the log file from when it fails, I see that
> it's getting an error about not being able to open /dev/dri/card0. And,
> indeed, the directory /dev/dri is missing. When I boot the older kernel
> (5.5.0-2), that directory and file are there and everything works.
>
> So what creates this device and what might have changed that it's no
> longer being generated?
Cheers,
David.
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