On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 10:42 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > lspci -nn output would be useful. Are you _sure_ there's > > no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file ? The only chips that the auto-detect code > > should use nv for are very old ones. Unless NVIDIA have started re-using > > PCI IDs... > > Adam & Vedran, > > I did a from-scratch 64-bit F12b installation from DVD last night, so I > can't go back and look for anything from that F12a -> F12b upgrade that > didn't work. The good news is that X now works in the fresh install. > There are some other problems I need to document separately. > > 'lspci -nn' > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:nVidia Corporation Device [10de:061e] (rev a2) > > 'lspci -v' > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 061e (rev a2) (prog if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2118 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 16 > Memory at cd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] > Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M] > I/O ports at 2000 [size=128] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 > Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ > Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 > Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?> > Capabiltiies: [128] Power Budgeting <?> > Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information <?> > Kernel driver in use: nouveau > Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb > > No xorg.conf file here. (Note to self: after all the effort I went > through in the old days to learn how to customize xf86.conf, I really > need to pop the hood on this new server and figure out how it works.) There's just no way that chip could possibly be auto-detected to use the nv driver, that I can see. The fact that it works on a clean install also indicates that auto-detection uses the nouveau driver, as it should. On the previous install did you run system-config-display at all? That would generate an xorg.conf file using the 'nv' driver (which it really shouldn't, but that's by-the-by). There hasn't been any major change in xorg.conf format except for the changes that came with RandR 1.2. The difference these days is that an xorg.conf is not *required*: if one is present it is used just as it was before, but if none is present, X.org auto-detects input devices, display adapters and screens at each startup. By default Fedora does not create an xorg.conf and relies on X.org's auto-detection. The changes to xorg.conf format that apply to any RandR 1.2 driver (that includes nouveau, ati/radeon and intel) are pretty well-summarized here: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
