Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

[root@pitonyak ~]# lsmod | grep -i nvidia
nvidia              12112133  40
i2c_core               25728  3 nvidia,videodev,i2c_i801


Without grep:

Module                  Size  Used by
lp                      9581  0
tun                    14111  0
ppdev                   7360  0
parport_pc             19600  0
parport                32310  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
fuse                   61671  5
bnep                   14195  2
bluetooth             202902  7 bnep
lockd                  70080  0
rfkill                 16336  3 bluetooth
ip6t_REJECT             4008  2
nf_conntrack_ipv6       7714  2
nf_defrag_ipv6          9115  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_conntrack_ipv4       8310  2
nf_defrag_ipv4          1513  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_state                1306  4
nf_conntrack           67597  3 nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
ip6table_filter         1655  1
ip6_tables             16776  1 ip6table_filter
binfmt_misc             6983  1
reiserfs              211389  2
nvidia              12112133  40
uvcvideo               56989  0
videodev               78689  1 uvcvideo
joydev                  9567  0
snd_usb_audio         105405  1
snd_usbmidi_lib        18071  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            19878  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_hda_codec_realtek   312967  1
media                  11511  2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     7665  1 videodev
snd_hda_intel          24072  2
snd_hda_codec          85462  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6264  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                52186  0
snd_seq_device          5941  2 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i7core_edac            16001  0
snd_pcm                78498  3 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19372  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_i801                9237  0
edac_core              40154  3 i7core_edac
snd                    63124  17 
snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
iTCO_wdt               12024  0
iTCO_vendor_support     2578  1 iTCO_wdt
soundcore               6267  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7311  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
r8169                  40493  0
asus_atk0110           12395  0
i2c_core               25728  3 nvidia,videodev,i2c_i801
microcode              18539  0
mii                     4335  1 r8169
serio_raw               4298  0
uinput                  7230  0
sunrpc                201219  2 lockd
ata_generic             3587  0
pata_acpi               3419  0
mxm_wmi                 1727  0
firewire_ohci          26101  0
pata_jmicron            2643  0
firewire_core          49303  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               1547  1 firewire_core
wmi                     9049  1 mxm_wmi
uas                     7775  0
usb_storage            45966  0



On 12/03/2011 02:10 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
> What's your output for:
>
> lsmod nvidia
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> from twohot@device.mobile :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak<andrew@pitonyak.org>
> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:57:16
> To:<users@global.libreoffice.org>
> Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video
>         driver
>
> I was not aware of Leigh's advice until I saw your response here. So....
> I found and followed his advice, and, I still see issues.
>
> Note that I do still see the driver, however
>
>   >rpm -qa | grep -i nouveau
> xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-27.20110720gitb806e3f.fc16.x86_64
>
> Then again, I also see all sorts of kmod stuff
>
>   >rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
>
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-290.10-1.fc16.x86_64
> kmod-nvidia-3.1.2-1.fc16.x86_64-290.10-1.fc16.1.x86_64
> nvidia-settings-1.0-13.fc16.x86_64
> akmod-nvidia-290.10-1.fc16.1.x86_64
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-290.10-1.fc16.x86_64
> nvidia-xconfig-1.0-11.fc16.x86_64
> kmod-nvidia-3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64-290.06-1.fc16.2.x86_64
> kmod-nvidia-3.1.1-2.fc16.x86_64-290.06-1.fc16.3.x86_64
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/02/2011 03:18 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
> > If you're running "kmod" nvidia drivers then you are not running nouveau. Nouveau runs 
> > out-of-the-box (fresh installation) and has proven to be more headache-free. I have not noticed this issue. 
> > Could this be peculiar to a file? Can you describe steps to replicate it without transferring a sample file?
> >
> > I am presently running nouveau with LO without issues on F16 but I probably haven't gone your route. My experience with 
> > "kmod-nvidia" and the sister "akmod-nvidia" is that they conflict with nouveau especially if 
> > nouveau is not silenced. Did U follow leigh's instructions at forums.fedoraforum.org?
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > from twohot@device.mobile :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay Lozier<jslozier@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:11:58
> > To:<users@global.libreoffice.org>
> > Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video
> >         driver
> >
> > On 12/01/2011 10:16 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> > > On 12/01/2011 10:05 PM, NoOp wrote:
> > > > On 11/30/2011 05:04 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > For some time I've found that libreoffice (and openoffice before it)
> > > > > had
> > > > > trouble rendering text with the Linux open 'nouveau' (as opposed to the
> > > > > proprietary NVIDIA) driver. What appears to happen is that everything
> > > > > above a certain point is good, but below it the text simply doesn't
> > > > > appear. I've not seen any other application that has the same problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've attached a typical screenshot to demonstrate the effect.
> > > > It always helps if you: 1) tell others what version of LO you are having
> > > > issues with (and also if it is from LO or some other source; linux
> > > > distribution repository or PPA, etc), 2) what OS type and  version
> > > > (there are about thousands of versions of linux). My /guess/ is that you
> > > > are running some form of Ubuntu, if correct please tell us which version
> > > > you are running.
> > > Cannot comment on this poster, but, I have seen a very similar issue
> > > on both OOo and LO.  I see this on Linux, not on Windows. I had the
> > > problem with Fedora 15 and also Fedora 16. Both are 64-bit versions. I
> > > use the KMod drivers for NVidia installed from the repositories. I see
> > > the issues with other applications as well, but the primary offenders
> > > are OOo and QT.
> > Using Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 base and derivatives (Pinguy and Mint),
> > both 64 bit, I have not seen this behavior. AFAIK the drivers were/are
> > ATI Radeon from the repository. The actual drivers were auto-installed
> > on installation and left unchanged. The desktops include both Gnome 2.?
> > and Gnome 3.2. It appears that the problem is limited to the NVidia drivers.

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