[Nouveau] [Bug 92991] Nouveau module loading regression in 4.4-rc1 on optimus system

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92991

--- Comment #11 from Oliver Neukum <oliver at neukum.org> ---
(In reply to Ilia Mirkin from comment #9)

It turns out that with nouveau statically compiled I can use an external
monitor and xrandr without "runpm=0"

> Those connector names look like they're from xf86-video-modesetting, not
> xf86-video-nouveau. Could you try with xf86-video-nouveau installed? What
> version of xf86-video-intel are you using? SNA or UXA?

How do I do that, as far as I can tell, it is not used.

> I definitely know that earlier modesetting various had various issues with
> reverse prime... when you say "lockup", do you really mean "lockup", or
> "system working perfectly fine with the minor exception that the display
> stops updating"?

Total lockup. Even CAPS LOCK not working.

> Lastly, can you ensure that nouveau is loaded *before* X starts?

Done. That helps.

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