Re: veeger is infected ...startx again

From	Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: veeger is infected ...startx again
Date	2016-10-18 18:50 +0200
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On 10/17/2016 06:48 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Ric Moore composed on 2016-10-17 17:47 (UTC-0400):
>
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> Did you consider trying with both NVidia and Nouveau purged? Apparently,
>>> development focus has been migrating into the server-integrated
>>> modesetting driver:
>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-Abandon-Intel-DDX
>>>
>
>> Thanks! But it seems to be fore Intel based GPU's.
>
> I guess it's not particularly obvious that the focus of the _article_ is
> on Intel, while the _development_ focus is on all three of the
> mainstream gpu drivers.
>
> I've been using the modesetting driver on all hardware that it supports
> in all distros that include server 1.17.0 or newer since before that
> article was written in July. Jessie's server is 1.16.4, but it does
> offer the pre-incorporation version as a separate
> xserver-xorg-video-modesetting .deb that seems to work just as well, as
> long as it's supported by the gfxchip.


ric@iam:~$ lsmod |grep nvidia
nvidia_drm             45056  5
drm_kms_helper        147456  1 nvidia_drm
drm                   364544  8 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
nvidia_modeset        765952  5 nvidia_drm
nvidia              11472896  165 nvidia_modeset
ric@iam:~$

There appears to be some sort of modeset support for nvidia. How to use 
AND keep my nvidia goodies. ??



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veeger is infected ...startx again Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 21:30 +0200
  veeger is infected ...startx again Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 21:50 +0200
    Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2016-10-01 22:00 +0200
      Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-10-02 01:50 +0200
    Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-10-02 02:10 +0200
      Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 02:20 +0200
        Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-10-02 03:40 +0200
      Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 20:30 +0200
    Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-02 03:50 +0200
      Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 11:10 +0200
        Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-10-10 15:00 +0200
          Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 20:30 +0200
            Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-17 20:50 +0200
              Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-18 00:50 +0200
                Re: veeger is infected ...startx again Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 18:50 +0200

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