Re: Kernel update includes nouveau module that clobbers nVidia drivers
- From: AG <computing.account@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:53:57 +0100
On 17/06/10 07:26, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2010-06-17 00:35 +0200, AG wrote:
Since the last testing update I have rebooted and found myself beingIf you had installed the Nvidia driver the Debian way, this would not
ensnarled in what seems to be a kernel issue, whereby a module
"nouveau" by default seizes control of the graphics card which
prevents the nVidia driver from loading.
have happened, because the nvidia-kernel-common package blacklists the
nouveau module which is the recommended way to prevent it from loading.
See modprobe.conf(5).
Sven
I have always experienced very mixed success installing the driver the Debian way - which is why I now resort to using the proprietary driver. Admittedly, this may be due to my own (quite profound) ignorance, but even when following step-by-step docs, the Debian way just doesn't seem to work. Googleearth complains and won't work, screen resolution goes to hell, and a number of associated issues plague me pursuing that route.
But that is good to know that nouveau gets blacklisted automatically using that method. I wonder why it has been included in the vanilla kernel in the first place - it certainly was a nasty surprise!
Anyway, FWIW, the method I described is a successful work around for those not using the Debian way.
AG
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