[PlanetCCRMA] another nvidia driver problem

[Oded Ben-Tal]

hello Chris,
 I followed the ritual and the magic incantation is included in grub.cfg but
when I look at the boot command /proc/cmdline I don't see these options used.
So I'm not sure what is going on. I'm also not sure that linux is using the
nvidia graphics (there is also an intel chip in there). I'm trying to figure
out how do I even know which card is being used at the moment. 
Anyway it was worth a try, I guess. 
Many thanks.
Oded

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:49:32 -0700, Chris Chafe wrote
> Hi Oded,
> 
> I had trouble with recent kernels and intel/nvidia graphics, my solution
> which may or may not pertain: (and I'm no expert, this is a hack)
> 
> Three times you will have to specify i915.modeset=1 nouveau.modeset=0
> 
> (fresh install on a Lenovo w540)
> make a LiveUSB stick with f21
> when the fedora options are listed edit the "Start" boot command with
> "e"
> after "quiet" add these 2 settings
> i915.modeset=1 nouveau.modeset=0
> <ctrl>x
> 
> install all the way
> remove USB stick, reboot
> 
> when the boot options appear, edit the default boot line the same 
> way as above
> 
> once in, then as root
> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
> gedit /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
> find the line corresponding to the default boot and edit as above
> 
> reboot
> magic!!
> 
> update
> reboot (with updated kernel as default)
> magic!! (settings are sticky)
> 
> ...anyway, works for me... hope it helps.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 12:24 -0800, Oded Ben-Tal wrote: 
> > hello,
> > 
> > I've tried following the instructions posted to this list about a year ago
> > (http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/pipermail/planetccrma/2014-April/018347.html)
> > to try and get nvidia graphics working. But after I install akmod and reboot I
> > can't login any longer. I had to move the nvidia config files (*) in order to
> > be able to login.
> > any idea how I track the problem and possibly get the driver working? 
> > Also in the process I lost the option of 1440x900 screen resolution so the
> > image is stretched. Any clues how I can restore that resolution option if
> > fixing the drivers doesn't work?
> > thanks
> > 
> > 
> > (*) mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig
> > mkdir /etc/X11/nvidia-backup && mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*nvidia* 
> > /etc/X11/nvidia-backup 
> > 
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