On January 1, 2025 8:22:03 PM GMT-05:00, Fungal-net <fungal...@protonmail.com> wrote: > >> > The monitor is an Acer S230HL monitor. >> > >> > I am using the nouveau driver and inxi reports the presence of both >> > Intel UHD Graphics 620 and Nvidia GM108M (GeForce 940MX). >> >> >> The kernel is: >> Linux dell 5.14.0-503.15.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue >Nov 26 17:24:29 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > >https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-drivers-on-rocky-linux/12366 > >Basically the misc-nonfree-firmware pkg from debian should be available >through rocky >According to the instructions for nvidia above should make it work. >I don't have any experience with any rh related systems, not even a vm >out of curiosity >5.14 is not even an LTS kernel, it is an abandoned kernel for years ... > 5.10 5.15 6.6 >are among the lts I've had better lack with with old and new hw. > >Make sure that after installing and your rpm thing reconstructs your >kernel images it is >best to reboot for the effects to be realized. > >Basically the kernel and udev is what works and identifies the screens, >mesa and X just use what is there. xinerama is what handles the output >of 2 or more screens to construct a multi-monitor arrangement.
Should I do any troubleshooting with xinerama before I try the Nvidia driver? If so, what would be worthwhile trying?
