[OM Cooker] Use modesetting driver instead of intel and nouveau

Colin Close itchka at compuserve.com
Tue Jan 3 05:14:31 EST 2017


I'll test it.. Does it fix the PLASMA task bar lockout? 
Wouldn't it be a good a idea to get some feedback on Intel and in particular laptops that have Intel/NVidia combos
first? Is there anybody around got a laptop with that combo who could test?
Best,
Colin


On Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:17:50 GMT Tomasz Gajc wrote:
> Currently i'm cunning on modesetting driver in stead of nouvueau, and i'd
> say that i get more FPS on CS:GO game around 10%.
> 
> I'm going to plan to replace intel and nouveau with modesetting driver for
> 3.02
> 
> 2017-01-02 20:51 GMT+01:00 Tomasz Paweł Gajc <tpgxyz at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > due to last issues with freezing plasma and various "black" screen
> > experience
> > i call for obsoleting x11-driver-video-{intel,nouveau} to use built-in
> > Xorg
> > modesetting driver.
> >
> > How to use it ?
> >  - Make sure you are not using proprietary drivers for nVidia
> >  - Delete (or rename to something different) /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >  -  Make sure you have no "driver" snippets in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
> >  - remove Xorg intel or nvidia drivers by running as root: rpm -e --nodeps
> > x11-driver-video-Z        where Z is one of intel or nvidia
> >
> >  - restart your X
> >  - play some fullscreen 3D games
> >  - use Plasma with OpenGL features
> >
> > What are benefits of using modesetting ?
> >  - no custom drivers with barely maintained code
> >  - use GLAMOR for 2D acceleration based on OpenGL Mesa stack (https://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.Org_Server#GLAMOR)
> >  - well maintained driver
> >  - potentially no black screens and strange freezes
> >
> > Feedback really appreciated.
> > --
> > Cheers
> > TPG





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