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tapia

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Registered: 2013-03-13

Posts: 59

[SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

I am using gnome 3.16 and have always used the nvidia drivers. I want to test gnome under wayland, for which I need to use the nouveau drivers.
I installed them and after the first reboot it worked (starting gnome under xserver). Then I tried to use the wyland session and the desktop never loaded, so I had to hard-reboot. After this I haven't been able to load gdm again with nouveau. Nvidia drivers still works when I installed them. The strange thing is that startx does work with nouveau.

Any suggestion? I have read this thread, but it does not solve my problem. Is there any configuration that might have got corrupted when I first hard-rebooted?

Last edited by tapia (2015-04-16 03:44:40)

phw

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 318

Re: [SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

Could be this is unrelated to the nouveau update. I face similar issues with GDM since the upgrade to gdm 3.16.1. Downgrading to the previous package 3.16.0.1 makes it work again.

Inxsible

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Re: [SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

tapia, there is a difference between Report and Reply....

Thanks for your answer phw. I downgraded the gdm as you mentioned, but the problem persists.

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ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

Thanks for your answer phw. I downgraded the gdm as you mentioned, but the problem persists.

Tapia,  you had reported this thread with the message above.  I think you meant to hit 'reply', not 'report'.

edit:  Multiple mods lurking here today

Last edited by ewaller (2015-04-15 18:22:53)

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tapia

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Re: [SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. Yes, what I wanted to do was to reply... how embarrassing

Last edited by tapia (2015-04-16 00:03:11)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

It happens more often than you might imagine

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tapia

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Re: [SOLVED] gdm wont to start with nouveau drivers but startx does work

So, btw, I was able to start gdm using nouveau drivers. I did what was suggested here, which is uncommenting #EnableWayland=false in /etc/gdm/custom.conf . Gnome under X starts OK, but wayland does not load. This is probably a problem of Gnome + Wayland (+ Nouveau?)