[gentoo-user] trying to use Nouveau

[Philip Webb]

Last month, I sent in a query re Nouveau : thanks for the replies.

I have emerged it :

  root:508 log> eix nouveau
    [I] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau
     Available versions:  1.0.15 1.0.15-r1
     Installed versions:  1.0.15-r1([2018-07-26 15:39:37])
     Homepage:            https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
     Description:         Accelerated Open Source driver for nVidia cards

I have tried to switch to it with 'eselect opengl set xorg-x11' :

  root:507 log> eselect opengl list
  Available OpenGL implementations:
  [1]   nvidia
  [2]   xorg-x11 *

I have renamed  /lib/udev/rules.d/99-nvidia.rules  by appending '.dft',
as recommended in the Wiki.

But when I 'startx' & then check  /var/log/Xorg.0.log , I find :

  (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
     compiled for 1.19.5, module version = 1.0.0
     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
  (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
  (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
  (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
     compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
  (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  390.67  Fri Jun  1 02:45:19 PDT 2018
  (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
  (--) using VT number 7

I suspect that I need to re-merge some pkgs ;
I have added 'nouveau' to  VIDEO_CARDS  in  make.conf ,
but it won't have an effect until a pkg is re-merged.

Can anyone offer advice what to try next ?

BTW the Wiki entry for 'nouveau' seems a bit out-of-date.

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