How does one remove the nvidia driver and install nouveau ?
Linuxguy123
linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 16:33:08 UTC 2009
On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 11:08 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Linuxguy123 on 10/23/2009 10:07 AM wrote:
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> > (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> > (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> > (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "1"
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
> > nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X
> > extensions is
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8800M GTS (G92) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.92.23.00.17
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8800M GTS at
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): PCI:1:0:0:
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 2005FPW (CRT-0)
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0)
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 2005FPW (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> > (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Display Devices found referenced in MetaMode: CRT-0,
>
>
> Your xorg.conf file is wrong. You still have "nvidia" for the driver.
>
> It clearly shows you still have all the old "nvidia" driver options
> present. TwinView is not something defaulted on and is only found in the
> proprietary nVidia driver.
>
> Fix your xorg.conf file. You haven't.
Man, this is confusing.
I ran nvidia-display-config disable. I manually changed the Device
driver from nvidia to nouveau. I thought that was supposed to take care
of everything.
Below is my xorg.conf file. What else do you suggest that I change ?
Thanks
############################################################################
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
Option "TouchpadOff" "2"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL 2005FPW"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
#Driver "nvidia"
Driver "nouveau"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800M GTS"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800M GTS"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "1680x1050_60_0 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0
+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
1680x1050_60_0 +1680+0; CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
#Option "TwinView" "0"
#Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
#Option "metamodes" "1680x1050 +0+0; 1680x1050_60_0 +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
# Removed Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0, CRT:
nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
################################################################################
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