[Nouveau] xf86-video-nouveau and NVIDIA Drivers

[Ilia Mirkin]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Alan Casson <alcasson at gmail.com> wrote:
> OS= Arch Linux
> GPU= Nvidia Geforce GT-630
> Graphics Driver= nvidia 367.27-1 (current)
> Platform= Desktop Custom Build (AMD FX-6300 and GA-78LMT-USB3 mobo; 16 GB
> RAM)
>
>
> ~ one year ago, I was having problems with my display. The nvidia graphics
> driver and dependencies (libvdpau, nvidia-libgl, nvidia-settings, and
> nvidia-utils) had been installed during the initial OS build. On the road to
> remedy, I found that using the xf86-video-nouveau 2D accel driver in
> conjunction with the nvidia driver proved to be the answer. I've used this
> combination on more than one machine since that time, without problems.
> (Nothing is blacklisted.)
>
> Recently, a number of people have arisen questioning the validity of the
> combo. Hence, I ask, is the nouveau driver of any real value in this
> scenario? Or am I just lucky?

I can't quite tell what you're saying, but a pastebin of dmesg and
Xorg log will surely reveal what is going on.

xf86-video-nouveau only works with the nouveau kms module, and will
refuse to load if the device it's given doesn't support the various
nouveau-specific ioctls.

  -ilia