[ltp] Re: [W510] how to undo nouveau -> nvidia driver change in debian?

[Christophe TROESTLER]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:27:47 -0800, Tom Roche wrote:
> 
> [    27.582] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
> [    27.603] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
> [    27.629] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [    27.629] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.0.16
> [    27.629] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [    27.629] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0

I just skimmed through your mail and, in a nutshell, you cannot load
the nouveau driver and expect nvidia to work.  You have to blacklist
nouveau.  Have a look here http://math.umons.ac.be/an/W510/#nvidia for
some instructions (they are not complete, you are welcome to send a
patch).