<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates </TITLE> <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20NVidia%20fallback%20to%20Nouveau%20after%20latest%20Kernel%0A%09updates&In-Reply-To=%3C4F50F966.4000807%40zen.co.uk%3E"> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="012510.html"> <LINK REL="Next" HREF="012513.html"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <H1>[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates</H1> <B>Barry Jackson</B> <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20NVidia%20fallback%20to%20Nouveau%20after%20latest%20Kernel%0A%09updates&In-Reply-To=%3C4F50F966.4000807%40zen.co.uk%3E" TITLE="[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates">zen25000 at zen.co.uk </A><BR> <I>Fri Mar 2 17:46:30 CET 2012</I> <P><UL> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012510.html">[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012513.html">[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#12512">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#12512">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#12512">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#12512">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <HR> <!--beginarticle--> <PRE>On 02/03/12 16:31, Bertaux Xavier wrote: ><i> and I think both nvidia and fglrx tickets are the same problem </I>><i> </I>><i> Xavier </I>><i> </I>><i> Le 02/03/2012 17:27, Bertaux Xavier a écrit : </I>>><i> Le 02/03/2012 16:44, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit : </I>>>><i> 2012/3/2 EatDirt<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dirteat at gmail.com</A>>: </I>>>>><i> On 02/03/12 09:38, Robert Fox wrote: </I>>>>>><i> Since last Cauldron kernel update, I have two nvidia based system which </I>>>>>><i> now fallback to nouveau when starting X - stating nvidia cannot be </I>>>>>><i> loaded. </I>>>>>><i> </I>>>>><i> +1 </I>>>>><i> Recurrent pb for me as well. Did you try to add </I>>>>><i> </I>>>>><i> nokmsboot </I>>>>><i> </I>>>>><i> in the boot arguments? </I>>>><i> Same pb here, xorg.conf was changed (display driver changed to "nouveau"). </I>>>><i> Re-changed the display driver to "nvidia" and added nokmsboot to the </I>>>><i> boot args, next boot same pb again. </I>>><i> +1 </I>>><i> </I>>><i> Xavier </I>><i> </I>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. Barry </PRE> <!--endarticle--> <HR> <P><UL> <!--threads--> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012510.html">[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012513.html">[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#12512">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#12512">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#12512">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#12512">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <hr> <a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev mailing list</a><br> </body></html>