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

[Wolfgang Bornath]

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.

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wobo