The nouveau driver makes xorg loop when activated. Packages versions : * kernel-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686 * xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.905-2.20080702.fc9.i386 * xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.10-2.20080408git0991281.fc9.i386 Steps to reproduce the bug : On a computer with a GeForce 7600 (normal, GS and Go too) : edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace 'Driver "nvidia"' with 'Driver "nouveau"' restart X X will loop and you'll have to force rebooting, at the next boot it will use nvidia driver.
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Hello I've started collecting the informations you asked for, it looped. So I finally tried uninstalling nvidia's proprietary drivers before using nouveau. Now there's no problem anymore with the driver, seems like nvidia's driver conflicted with it even if it was not activated. Thank you for your attention, I can give you my actual xorg logs and configuration if you need it. Sincerly yours, Mehdi Bahri
I'm having the same problem with a NVidia 7600GS card. I'm using: xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.905-2.20080702.fc9.i386.rpm xorg-x11-server-common-1.4.99.905-2.20080702.fc9.i386.rpm xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.10-2.20080408git0991281.fc9.i386.rpm The strange thing is that when the nvidia service (from the livna binary NVidia driver) generates "xorg.conf", everything works fine.
Created attachment 314434 [details] xorg.conf "xorg.conf" using the nouveau X11 driver, after replacing "nvidia" with "nouveau" in the "xorg.conf" file generated by /etc/init.d/nvidia
(In reply to comment #2) > I've started collecting the informations you asked for, it looped. So I finally > tried uninstalling nvidia's proprietary drivers before using nouveau. > > Now there's no problem anymore with the driver, seems like nvidia's driver > conflicted with it even if it was not activated. Yes, nvidia drivers install a lot more stuff than just nvidia driver itself (inclduing their replacement of OpenGL library and some kernel modules). Therefore, if you want to be sure that you have computer clean of anything nvidia-specific, there is (quite demanding) procedure for doing that described at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rd_Party_Video_Drivers