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Here is the [[Xorg.log]] file from my first boot into a clean system having no Nvidia drivers. | Here is the [[Xorg.log]] file from my first boot into a clean system having no Nvidia drivers. | ||
The XServer is loading the nouveau driver package "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau". | |||
This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description) | |||
provides support for NVIDIA Riva, TNT, GeForce, and Quadro cards. | |||
This package provides 2D support including EXA acceleration, Xv and | |||
RandR. 3D functionality is provided by the libgl1-mesa-dri package. | |||
This package is built from the FreeDesktop.org xf86-video-nouveau driver. | |||
<code>dpkg -l | grep -i nouveau</code> | |||
<poem style="font-family:monospace;"> | |||
ii libdrm-'''nouveau'''2:amd64 2.4.122-1~ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 Userspace interface to '''nouveau'''-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime | |||
ii xserver-xorg-video-'''nouveau''' 1:1.0.17-2build1 amd64 X.Org X server -- '''Nouveau''' display driver | |||
</poem> | |||
<code>lsmod | grep nouveau</code> | |||
<poem style="font-family:monospace;"> | |||
'''nouveau''' 3096576 68 | |||
drm_gpuvm 45056 2 xe,'''nouveau''' | |||
drm_exec 12288 3 drm_gpuvm,xe,'''nouveau''' | |||
gpu_sched 61440 2 xe,'''nouveau''' | |||
drm_ttm_helper 12288 2 xe,'''nouveau''' | |||
ttm 110592 4 drm_ttm_helper,xe,i915,'''nouveau''' | |||
drm_display_helper 237568 3 xe,i915,'''nouveau''' | |||
mxm_wmi 12288 1 '''nouveau''' | |||
i2c_algo_bit 16384 3 xe,i915,'''nouveau''' | |||
video 77824 3 xe,i915,'''nouveau''' | |||
wmi 28672 4 video,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,'''nouveau''' | |||
</poem> | |||