Using xorg-x11-server-7.3-110.9 on Novell openSuSE 11.0 with xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-0.10.1.20080424-15.1 and nouveau-kmp-default-0.10.1.20080424_2.6.25.5_1.1-15.1, the screen just switches off when X starts. Using the nv driver it works. Using nouveau in Fedora 9 also worked. lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX200] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device 6106 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Expansion ROM at efff0000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 Kernel modules: rivafb, nvidiafb
Your xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau and nouveau-kmp-default versions are ancient. You appear to have nvidiafb loaded, which is almost guaranteed to cause problems. Please get the OpenSuSE folks to make newer RPMs, or follow the build-from-source instructions at http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau , then try again without nvidiafb loaded. Following that, if there is still a problem, include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file as an attachment to the bug.
(In reply to comment #1) > Your xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau and nouveau-kmp-default versions are > ancient. You appear to have nvidiafb loaded, which is almost guaranteed to > cause problems. Please get the OpenSuSE folks to make newer RPMs, or follow the > build-from-source instructions at > http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau , then try again without > nvidiafb loaded. > > Following that, if there is still a problem, include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log > file as an attachment to the bug.
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