Excerpts from fons's message of 2010-05-26 22:50:43 +0200: > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 09:22:15AM -0600, Tavian Barnes wrote: > > > Yeah you can. nv isn't a kernel module though, it's just an Xorg > > driver, still using UMS. To use it, > > > > 1) Blacklist nouveau and nvidia > > 2) Install xf86-video-nv > > 3) Set Driver to "nv" in xorg.conf > > > > And, even if nv doesn't work for you, there's always xf86-video-vesa > > and xf86-video-fbdev. > > Many thanks ! > > I did as you suggested. Booting the default image failed with > what looked like a very long backtrace and froze the machine. > > But booting fallback worked, and after an mkinitcpio also the > default worked. > > Result: rock-stable audio, and the display is a fast as it needs > to be. > > Again many thanks, finally I can start using this system. > > BTW, what is the official advantage of KMS ? Having RL 3 > and ttys that do not depend on a video driver seems like > a good thing (TM) to me. > > > Ciao, Glad it works for you now. KMS was advertised mainly with he following features: - TTY in native resolution and hence nicer to look at - shorter delay when switching from X to TTY -- Regards, Philipp ----- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
