On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 09:19 -0600, John Thompson wrote: > On 03/08/2010 03:32 AM, Fred Williams wrote: > > > If all I need to do is try running without the proprietary NVidia > > driver, > > please let me know specifically how to disable that driver the easiest > > possible way. �Translation: so that I can just boot back into an older > > kernel and continue using the proprietary NVidia driver if I decide > > to do that. > > In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf you need to change the driver from "nvidia" > (the proprietary driver) to "nv" (the open source driver). > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nvidia" # <===== THIS LINE > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "GeForce 6600 GT" > Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" # not EXA > > BTW, what I do when I update the kernel is first boot into runlevel 3, > then build the proprietary driver modules, and then change to runlevel 5. > > -- > > -John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx) When I upgraded to Fedora 12, I had an error, to the effect, hardware was already in use. I found the "nouveau" driver had the hardware. My xorg.conf file was using the "nv" driver. Not thinking, I changed from the "nv" driver to the "nouveau" driver. Searching the Internet, for the words, blacklist nouveau, I found the following comment at URL: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2010-01/msg02113.html The summary of the comment was, if you use the rpmfusion repository, for the nvidia module, it will automatically blacklist nouveau? If I do an Internet, search for the words, blacklist nouveau nv, I find indications some people, not sure who, claimed the nouveau driver has passed up the nv driver, and has been made the default. Questions please: 1) Are there 3 drivers, nvidia, nv, nouveau? 2) If there are 3 drivers, how did people decide which driver to use? My questions on this subject, are as follows: a) Is the nouveau driver now considered better than the nv driver? If the nouveau driver is considered better, I am curious why? b) Is it true the nvidia driver is faster than the nouveau driver? I wanted to use the "free" driver, if possible, so I was using nv. I switched to nouveau because that seemed to be the new default. I am wondering what I am giving up not using the nvidia driver. -Rick -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
