On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 20:37:24 +0300, Lars wrote in message 
<ee7129eb-d9af-fc20-0650-2d7c04d49...@gmail.com>:

> On 04/21/2018 08:17 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> [snip]
> > ..you have 2 video cards fighting each other for access to your 
> > screen hw???  Choose one, I recommend nouveau on your GM108M.  
> 
> Thanks.  I thought that was sorted automatically.  What do I need to
> set to prioritize one over the other?

..me too. 8o)  For me, it just worked fine, even without 
an /etc/X11/xorg.conf or an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ tree. 


..so, your guinea pig recipe: Kill X 'n try:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/25746/etc-x11-xorg-conf-doesnt-exist#25749

..if your xorg.conf.new doesn't mention nouveau, edit it in: ...
Section "Device"
    Identifier "Nvidia card"
    Driver "nouveau"
EndSection

...and kill X again to retry startx.


..troubleshooting ideas: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau


.."dual boot" ideas:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau_%26_nvidia-drivers_switching


-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.
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