nomodeset will *disallow* X11, not allow it. If you remove nomodeset what happens? Kevin On 06/14/2012 12:50 AM, George R Goffe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use the nouveau driver on my FC 16 x86_64 system and need some help please. > > lspci | grep vid gives: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df6 (rev a1) > > Here is a snippit from /var/log/messages. This problem is readily re-creatable so if anyone needs more info, please just ask me. > > I have "nomodeset" specified in my "kernel" line so I can have an X11. > > Regards, > > George... > > 568 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 2.988589] VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0 handle > 569 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 2.988622] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0 > 570 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 2.988626] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0 > 571 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 2.988634] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) > 572 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 2.990894] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected an NVc0 generation card (0x0c1b00a1) > 573 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.002431] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN > 574 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.012377] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found > 575 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.012469] input: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input4 > 576 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.012672] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM > 577 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.012825] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024 > 578 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.012830] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 > 579 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.013042] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found > 580 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.013141] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PCIROM > 581 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.013160] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found > 582 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.013314] hub 2-1:1.0: 6 ports detected > 583 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.023579] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents > 584 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.023785] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found > 585 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.023879] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from ACPI > 586 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.176485] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd > 587 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.193566] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0a01 > 588 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.193689] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 > 589 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.193802] usb 3-1: Product: Logitech USB Headset > 590 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.193908] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Logitech > 591 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.210382] Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2195.013 MHz. > 592 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.210504] Switching to clocksource tsc > 593 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.257507] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd > 594 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.413378] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... appears to be valid > 595 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.413496] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT BIOS found > 596 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.413604] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Bios version 70.08.45.00 > 597 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.413715] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0 > 598 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.414328] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do > 599 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.414440] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB version 4.0 > 600 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.414549] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 00: 02000300 00000000 > 601 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.414659] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 00: 00000000 > 602 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.414832] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Adaptor not initialised, running VBIOS init tables. > 603 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.414984] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD56E > 604 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.435642] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD518: i2c wr fail: -5 > 605 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.476107] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDBBD > 606 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.503337] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xEDC3 > 607 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.503492] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xEDC7 > 608 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.503698] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xEEAF > 609 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.503847] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0xEF14 > 610 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.524800] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3 available performance level(s) > 611 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.524917] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0: core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz timing 4 > voltage 830mV > 612 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.525082] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 1: core 202MHz shader 405MHz memory 324MHz timing 5 > voltage 830mV > 613 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.525241] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3: core 740MHz shader 1480MHz memory 900MHz timing > 6 voltage 1080mV > 614 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.525479] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: c: core 202MHz shader 405MHz memory 324MHz voltage > 980mV > 615 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.533002] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 3974806 kiB. > 616 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.533119] [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB. > 617 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.533230] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator. > 618 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.533340] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator. > 619 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.533475] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected 1024MiB VRAM > 620 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.538694] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture) > 621 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.543894] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010). > 622 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.543972] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query. > 623 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.544136] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ACPI backlight interface available, not registering > our own > 624 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.601933] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04f2, idProduct=b1bb > 625 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.602053] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 > 626 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.602202] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB2.0 2.0M UVC WebCam > 627 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.602307] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. > 628 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.623912] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x1a0000, bo ffff88023ea8e800 > 629 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.624991] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no native mode, forcing panel scaling > 630 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.643530] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 > 631 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.645529] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device > 632 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.645547] drm: registered panic notifier > 633 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.645573] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 > 634 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [ 3.699999] usb 1-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd > > > "It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what you know that ain't so." 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