nouveau going off the deep end...

[Felix Miata]

Robert Heller composed on 2022-06-20 08:38 (UTC-0400):

> At Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:10:24 -0400 Felix Miata wrote:

>> You're using the nouveau kernel driver, but are you using the nouveau DDX display
>> driver, or the modesetting DIX display driver? Does switching to the other make
>> any difference?

> I am not sure -- I don't have a X config file - the X server is using its
> defaults.

> sauron% inxi -xxx -GS
> System:    Host: sauron Kernel: 4.15.0-187-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.5.0
>            Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 (Gtk 2.24.32) info: mate-panel dm: N/A
>            Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
> Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C77 [GeForce 8200] bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0849
>            Display Server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nouveau
>            Resolution: 1366x768 at 59.79hz
>            OpenGL: renderer: NVAA version: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 Direct Render: Yes

This output suggests only that Xorg is using the nouveau DDX. To switch to the
modesetting DIX, which is the actual upstream default, and not a discrete package,
removing the nouveau is the easy way:

	sudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Alternatively, you can create a config file in /etc/X11/xorg.con* to specify use
of modesetting instead of nouveau.

>> # inxi -GSaz --vs
>> inxi 3.3.19 (2022-06-17)
Looks like you are using the broken ancient inxi that came with 18.04 that is
incapable of reporting the loaded kernel graphics driver, and a lot of other
things a recent version can. Before trying to use it again you should purge it,
and install the upstream version, if you wish good information from it:
https://smxi.org/docs/inxi-installation.htm#inxi-manual-install
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