Eben King composed on 2024-08-06 13:11 (UTC-0400):
> Hi, I got a new-to-me EVGA Nvidia GTX 970. I understand the Nouveau driver
> handles this card. Is this correct?
Technically, no, because you wrote "the No..." The nouveau kernel module does
provide kernel drm services, in conjunction with libdrm-nouveau2, on which
competent X drivers, nouveau and modesetting, plus Mesa, depend. IOW, there are
multiple nouveaus, not all of which are required. The modesetting DIX is newer
and
better supported technology than the reverse-engineered, "experimental", old
technology nouveau DDX driver. In any fresh installation, the modesetting DIX
will
be used automatically, *if* xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is not installed.
> If so, do I just install the packages, install the card, tell the BIOS to
> use it, power off, move the monitors, and that's it? With the card
> connected, I can log in from console, but X won't run.
So you're saying it's already installed, but X won't start? Did you find
Xorg.0.log in /var/log or ~/.local/share/xorg/, and if yes, identify any error
messages? Did you look for error messages in journal or dmesg?
Does "won't run" mean won't try to start, or starts but black screens or aborts?
What exactly happens when you try?
> Also Grub gets a different video mode, maybe 24x80 instead of so tiny as to
> be nearly illegible. Probably fine. Yeah I could probably change it if I
> wanted. I did change the console.
80x25 or 24 suggests no kernel graphics module loaded, leaving the system
running
on the BIOS for video at least until a fallback driver, fbdev or vesa, can load.
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