X server won't work after switching to Nouveau

southerncross · 2011-04-20 13:46:01

Hi,

I did try to switch my system to the Nouveau Driver and followed the process described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau
But the X server won't start.

The error message is quite clear in that it seems that the Xserver is still trying to load the 'nvidia' module. I obviously missed something in my configuration.
Also, the output of
/proc/fb
only gives
0 nouveaufb

Any clue?

thanks!

student975 · 2011-04-20 13:50:57

Look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ - probably you will want to replace 20-nvidia.conf with nouveau equivalent.

Mektub · 2011-04-20 13:54:59

southerncross wrote:

Hi,
The error message is quite clear in that it seems that the Xserver is still trying to load the 'nvidia' module. I obviously missed something in my configuration.
Any clue?
thanks!

blacklist it by adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

blacklist nvidia

Mektub

southerncross · 2011-04-20 13:55:30

well, it's already been replaced. Instead there's the 20-nouveau.conf file that only has the following info:
Section "Device"
Identifier "n"
Driver "nouveau"
EndSection

Do I need more?

southerncross · 2011-04-20 13:56:20

Mektub wrote:

southerncross wrote:
Hi,
The error message is quite clear in that it seems that the Xserver is still trying to load the 'nvidia' module. I obviously missed something in my configuration.
Any clue?
thanks!
blacklist it by adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
blacklist nvidia
Mektub

already done that...

wonder · 2011-04-20 14:00:46

we can only guess because you didn't paste any logs

southerncross · 2011-04-20 14:02:08

wonder wrote:

we can only guess because you didn't paste any logs

I know, I'm writing from another computer, the other one is on command line only... :-)

toad · 2011-04-20 14:04:24

Use links or lynx to post directly from the affected box.

southerncross · 2011-04-20 15:04:32

So... it works! I found out what was the problem, and I think I should perhaps edit the wiki as I don't think it was clear enough -I had to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and not just /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf

But now I have an horrible resolution and I'm trying to see what I can do about it...

student975 · 2011-04-20 15:27:02

You are not obligated to use /etc/X11/xorg.conf at all. Have you tried without it?

karol · 2011-04-20 15:28:30

With regard to resolution, try

xrandr --fb 1440x900

or whatever resolution you want.

Last edited by karol (2011-04-20 15:30:04)

wonder · 2011-04-20 15:30:17

if /etc/x11/xorg.conf exists, everything from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d is ignored.

southerncross · 2011-04-20 15:57:12

the xrandr command would not work but searching the Arch wiki for xrandr I was able to edit the xorg.conf and find the right screen resolution. (I had to go to the System > Preferences > Screen config panel under Gnome to pick it up).

So is it a problem if I keep my xorg conf file where it is?

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X server won't work after switching to Nouveau

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