Re: Fwd: problem with GeForce GTX 1050 - Solved

2020-07-16 Thread David Bridgham
I got it.  After my previous message, I decided to chase down the thread that it doesn't work even when I'm not booting to X, thinking that might be a simpler setup and easier to debug. Once I turned "quiet" off, I saw the last message printed was: fb0: switching to nouveaufb from EFI VGA Okay,

Re: Re: Fwd: problem with GeForce GTX 1050

2020-07-16 Thread David Bridgham
David Wright mailto:deblis%40lionunicorn.co.uk>> wrote: > My reaction to discovering this might be to ssh into the > computer from another one, and look at what processes are running > and which files they have open, all while logging in through the DM. Yeah, I might give that a try sometime; s

Fwd: problem with GeForce GTX 1050

2020-07-14 Thread David Bridgham
Looking at the archive, it appears this message never made it. Perhaps attachments aren't allowed after all so I'll remove them. Dave Forwarded Message Subject:Re: Re: problem with GeForce GTX 1050 Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 08:48:58 -0400 From: David Br

Re: Re: Re: problem with GeForce GTX 1050

2020-07-13 Thread David Bridgham
Greg Wooledge mailto:wooledg%40eeg.ccf.org>> wrote: > Check the time stamp on the Xorg.0.log file. You are probably reading > the wrong one. Indeed I was.  Thanks. > Since Debian 9, there are *two* possible locations for the Xorg.0.log > file: > > /var/log/ (if X was executed wit

Re: Re: problem with GeForce GTX 1050

2020-07-12 Thread David Bridgham
Andrei POPESCU mailto:andreimpopescu%40gmail.com>> wrote: > Check your Xorg.0.log, it should tell you what driver it is loading and > might hint at why it's not using nouveau. Found something very odd when trying to do this.  When I boot the older kernel, the one that works, Xorg doesn't appear

Re: problem with GeForce GTX 1050

2020-07-09 Thread David Bridgham
On 7/9/20 11:56 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: The xrandr output stops reporting that there are DVI-D-1 and HDMI-1 outputs etc, showing only Screen. Show the output to us, please? Sure.  Here's the xrandr output with a newer kernel, where it's not working: xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for out

problem with GeForce GTX 1050

2020-07-09 Thread David Bridgham
A few kernels back, I started having a problem with my video driver (or Xorg or something).  On booting, it has stopped recognizing that I have two monitors connected to my video card, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.  Additionally, even with the remaining monitor that it does see, it doesn't see it pro