On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:16:32 +0200, Sven wrote in message <87fwjvasj3....@turtle.gmx.de>:
> On 2011-09-17 20:21 +0200, David Baron wrote: > > > Is there a way, using a bootup command or option, i.e. setting some > > env, that can control whether I use nouveau or nvidia drivers. Some > > startup script would need to > > > > 1. Copy or remove nouveau blacklist on /etc/modprob.d > > 2. Copy appropriate xorg.conf version to xorg.conf > > 3. Ensure that the right libGL.so.1 and libglx.so are in place (for > nouveau you need the versions from libgl1-mesa-glx > resp. xserver-xorg-core, for nvidia you need NVidia's versions). > > > Would be even better if this could be handled within the two files > > themselves. > > I think this could be handled via parsing /proc/cmdline in an > initscript, looking for parameters like "nomodeset" or > "nouveau.modeset=0". Those render nouveau useless, so you don't even > need to do 1., assuming nouveau is _not_ blacklisted by default. > > For 2. this is a matter of copying or symlinking the right file, and > 3. can be achieved with "update-alternatives --set glx" in wheezy/sid, > assuming you have installed the Debian nvidia packages. > > Still quite some hassle, unfortunately. > > Sven > > ..and you have 0. put one stanza for each boot option to get a nouveau and a Nvidea boot option in your Grub bootup menu? That way also allows one boot command for each, and you might even to use a different runlevel for each driver, e.g. to help debug them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110918233926.3ac21...@nb6.lan
