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[Felix Miata]

Nils Kassube composed on 2014-10-25 2:36 (UTC+0200):

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> KMS means kernel mode setting. KMS is a function introduced several
>> years ago. It is required to be disabled for some drivers (e.g.
>> Nvidia),

> I can't believe that - I haven't disabled KMS and the nvidia driver 
> works without problems on my machine. Maybe it depends on the individual 
> nvidia card?

The need to disable KMS may have become obsolete, or depend on chip as you
suggest, but it has been a requirement in the past. ISTR kernel devs
mentioning something about automatic disabling whenever a gfxchip lacking a
KMS driver was found. Last machine I installed Nvidia on was not mine, so I
don't have it here to check. I only use FOSS drivers here, and last I checked
have needed to disable KMS via nomodeset only for MGA and SIS drivers.
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