W. Michael Petullo wrote: >>> I just tried kernel-2.6.32.10-1.2.92.xendom0.fc12.x86_64 from Mike >>> Young's repository on my MacBook and found that the video driver does >>> not seem to work. Lspci reports: >>> >>> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9400M (rev b1) >>> > > >> Have previous versions of the xendom0 kernels worked successfully? >> > > Yes. However, I have been away from Xen for a few months. I have lost > track of which kernel I was using before. I know that it worked fine on > my graphics card with no changes to the default (non-Xen) configuration. > > >> What is the grub.conf entry? Have you passed nomodeset to the kernel module? >> > > I tried adding nomodeset, but that did not help by itself. I ended up > doing the following: > > 1. Add nomodeset to kernel command line. > > 2. Create an xorg.conf that uses the VESA driver (X -configure, edit). > > In the past I have had success using nomodeset followed by either "video=vesafb" or "vga=XXX" for a vesa mode. These have the advantage (if they work) of (a) not changing the basic config so a better driver can be easily tested, and (b) being easily by boot line edit tested before making any changes which need file edits. > 3. Deactivate dri2 and dri in xorg.conf. > > 4. Boot Xen Dom0 kernel into runlevel 3. > > 5. rmmod nouveau; init 5. > > This works (of course, the VESA driver is not optimal). > > -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We can't solve today's problems by using the same thinking we used in creating them." - Einstein -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
