Re: Re: problem with GeForce GTX 1050
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 10:45:09AM -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.
Check the time stamp on the Xorg.0.log file. You are probably reading
the wrong one.
Since Debian 9, there are *two* possible locations for the Xorg.0.log
file:
/var/log/ (if X was executed with root privileges)
~/.local/share/xorg/ (if X was executed without root privs)
Before Debian 9, X was always run with root privileges, through the
use of a setuid wrapper. Nowadays, that is not typically the case,
but it still *can* be in certain setups. So it behooves you to check
both places.
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