On Nov 25, 2009, Adam Williamson <awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Uh? If the nouveau kernel module is loaded, the nvidia kernel module
refuses to load, complaining that another module is in control of the
hardware.
And even the “nv” driver fails to work, with a similar complaint.
I had to blacklist nouveau on an ancient (8YO) notebook, because with
nouveau X wouldn't work on it. The nouveau X driver failed in some way
I can't remember, and nv complained about the hardware being controlled
by another driver already.
On the happier side, the deblobbed nouveau driver in Linux-libre
Freed-ora builds works nicely on another (5YO IIRC) notebook, so it can
now change resolutions and control independently its own LCD and the TV
it's connected to through a VGA cord. At last! :-)
Now if only we managed to reverse engineer (or get sources for) those
blobs allegedly released under GPLv2, we'd have another hardware
supplier with Free 3D acceleration!
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