How does one remove the nvidia driver and install nouveau ?

Michael Cronenworth mike at cchtml.com
Fri Oct 23 16:08:18 UTC 2009


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.




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