Re: Nouveau on Quadro K2200, killed?

Sven Joachim composed on 2026-06-20 21:33 (UTC+0200):

> On 2026-06-20 15:15 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:

>> Boyan Penkov composed on 2026-06-20 14:38 (UTC-0400):

>>> Interestingly, even before above, I was in modesetting, so I'm not
>>> sure here, but will keep an eye out...

>> There may be some installation algorithm that notes GPU and then includes
>> something buried in either the /usr/ tree or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ that precludes
>> use of the old driver in favor of modesetting.

> No, the X server prefers modesetting over nouveau on any halfway recent
> (less than 20 years old) card.  This is due to a patch[1] which Debian
> has copied from Fedora.

So, something buried somewhere in /usr/. :D

> 1. https://sources.debian.org/src/xorg-server/2%3A21.1.23-1/debian/patches/07_use-modesetting-driver-by-default-on-GeForce.diff-- 
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