From: malcolmlewis@linuxmail.org.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:20:41 -0500   
   bad sector  wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > I'm posting from Slowroll because the Tumbleweed I just installed   
   > is unusable. Once I get it running I can leave it as Tumbleweed   
   > or change it to Slowroll just by editing the repos to use to   
   > Slowroll from that point forward.   
   >   
   > Booting that 'freshie', I can log-in as user and do startx   
   > but the resolution is ridiculous   
   >   
   > # /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -EA3 "VGA|Display|3D"   
   > 06:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107   
   > [GeForce GT 640] [10de:0fc1] (rev a1)   
   >          Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device [19da:1258]   
   >          Kernel modules: nouveau   
   > 06:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio   
   > Controller [10de:0e1b] (rev a1)   
   >   
   > So as I suspected nouveau is in control but in name only   
   > because 640x480 is not what I call control of a 1920x1080   
   > monitor.   
   >   
   > BTW the reason for the new install is that I can't get   
   > vbox working right in the others (posted in alt.os.linux),   
   > in Slowroll I have to log-in twice each time, and all of   
   > them work GUI only with kernel 6.5 but no 7's.   
   >   
   >   
   Hi   
   So switch to the kms driver by uninstalling xf86-video-nouveau.   
      
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   Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)   
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   HP Z440 | Xeon E5-2695 V4 X36 @ 2.10GHz | Quadro T400/Tesla P4   
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