[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates

Fri Mar 2 17:52:17 CET 2012

2012/3/2 Barry Jackson <zen25000 at zen.co.uk>:
+> On 02/03/12 16:31, Bertaux Xavier wrote:
+>>
+>> and I think both nvidia and fglrx tickets are the same problem
+>>
+>> Xavier
+>>
+>> Le 02/03/2012 17:27, Bertaux Xavier a écrit :
+>>>
+>>> Le 02/03/2012 16:44, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
+>>>>
+>>>> 2012/3/2 EatDirt<dirteat at gmail.com>:
+>>>>>
+>>>>> On 02/03/12 09:38, Robert Fox wrote:
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> Since last Cauldron kernel update, I have two nvidia based system
+>>>>>> which
+>>>>>> now fallback to nouveau when starting X - stating nvidia cannot be
+>>>>>> loaded.
+>>>>>>
+>>>>> +1
+>>>>> Recurrent pb for me as well. Did you try to add
+>>>>>
+>>>>> nokmsboot
+>>>>>
+>>>>> in the boot arguments?
+>>>>
+>>>> Same pb here, xorg.conf was changed (display driver changed to
+>>>> "nouveau").
+>>>> Re-changed the display driver to "nvidia" and added nokmsboot to the
+>>>> boot args, next boot same pb again.
+>>>
+>>> +1
+>>>
+>>> Xavier
+>>
+>>
+> IIANM this is now the default behavior when the x11-server version is
+> updated to a version not supported by the current proprietary nvidia driver.
+> It avoids a boot failure which would otherwise be the scenario.
+
+Reasonable behavior, so to avoid this the x11-server should always
+match the current proprietary driver. In other words: either one
+whould be fixed with coming updates.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+