Can a mix of nouveau and nvidia drivers limit display to 800x600?

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Have installed and updated openSuse at least 5 times after Yast updates. The screen on this HP Omen 15 is limited to 800x600 in System Settings. Removed and installed the nvidia drivers three times–clicked acceptance of the license each time. The sytem looks like this (shortened to meet forum’s length limit):

:~> inxi -Fxxz 

**System:**

  **Kernel:** 5.3.18-lp152.102-default x86_64 **bits:** 64 **compiler:** gcc **v:** 7.5.0  

  **Desktop:** KDE Plasma 5.18.6 **tk:** Qt 5.12.7 **wm:** kwin_x11 **dm:** SDDM  

  **Distro:** openSUSE Leap 15.2  

**Machine:**

  **Type:** Laptop **System:** HP **product:** OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc0xxx **v:** N/A  

  **serial:** <filter> **Chassis:type:** 10 **serial:** <filter>  

  **Mobo:** HP **model:** 84DB **v:** 93.17 **serial:** <filter> **UEFI:** AMI **v:** F.03 **date:** 05/11/2018  

**CPU:**
  **Topology:** 6-Core **model:** Intel Core i7-8750H **bits:** 64 **type:** MT MCP **arch:** Kaby Lake  
  **rev:** A **L2 cache:** 9216 KiB  
  **flags:** avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx **bogomips:** 52799  


**Graphics:**

  **Device-1:** NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] **vendor:** Hewlett-Packard  
  **driver:** N/A **bus ID:** 01:00.0 **chip ID:** 10de:1c20  
  **Device-2:** Chicony **type:** USB **driver:** uvcvideo **bus ID:** 1-6:4 **chip ID:** 04f2:b627  
  **Display:** x11 **server:** X.Org 1.20.3 **compositor:** kwin_x11 **driver:** nouveau,nv  
  **FAILED:** nvidia **unloaded:** fbdev,modesetting,vesa **resolution:** 800x600~75Hz **s-dpi:** 96  

  **OpenGL:renderer:** llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.1 256 bits) **v:** 3.3 Mesa 19.3.4 **compat-v:** 3.1  

  **direct render:** Yes  

**Audio:**

  **Device-1:** Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS **vendor:** Hewlett-Packard **driver:** snd_hda_intel  

  **v:** kernel **bus ID:** 00:1f.3 **chip ID:** 8086:a348  

  **Device-2:** NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio **vendor:** Hewlett-Packard  

  **driver:** snd_hda_intel **v:** kernel **bus ID:** 01:00.1 **chip ID:** 10de:10f1  

  **Sound Server:** ALSA **v:** k5.3.18-lp152.102-default  

**Partition:**
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**Sensors:**
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I see there are both nouveau and nividia drivers installed. Is that correct? The nvidia driver was unloaded. Should I remove the nouveau packages to put nvidia in control?
Thanks.

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Surfing on the web for this model device (HP Omen 15 with the 8750H cpu) and I have read of users noting issues with both the nvidia and nouveau graphic drivers.

I note one user of a different distro ( https://inside-out.xyz/technology/installing-linux-mageia-in-my-hp-omen-laptop.html ) elected to black list the nouveau driver by creating an /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-compat file and add the following line:

blacklist nouveau

… They then went on to note that they typed: “depmod -a” and after that recreated a Dracut image by typing “dracut --force” where none of that dracut stuff makes sence to me (its beyond my current experience).

If it were me, I would simply try blacklisting the nouveau driver as noted and reboot and test and not mess around with that ‘dracut’ stuff (at least not yet). I would have a liveUSB handy in case I needed to reboot and remove that blacklist-compat file (ie if a subsequent reboot failed).

But playing with nvidia and nouveau drivers is in truth beyond my current expertise, so maybe someone else will chime in here with a superior suggestion. Removing the appropriate nouveau file may indeed be a better approach - but you likely need to know which is the best file to remove, and I don’t know enough to help there.

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Please post:

zypper se -si nvidia kernel

zypper lr -d

grep -i 'blacklist nouveau' /etc/modprobe.d/*

grep -i 'blacklist nouveau' /usr/lib/modprobe.d/*

cat /proc/cmdline

lspci -nnk | grep -EiA3 'display|3d|vga'
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Where is Intel UHD 630 graphics?
Remove nouveau and Nvidia drivers both, try to use Intel graphics.
Perform clean install with Leap 15.3 if possible.

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I get an error, “text to short”, after pasting in the result or a zypper command. Might it be too long?

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Will do that (in Yast) and report back.

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I get an error, “text to short”, after pasting in the result or a zypper command. Might it be too long?

You have to type in minimum 10 characters outside any Code-Tag…

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thank you. will try again in a while

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In Yast, on the HP Omen, marked nouveau packages as forbidden. Lots of package conflicts in Yast until I said to delete the fx86-video package. After reboot, went to CLI. Tried to launch Firefox but response said that there was no graphic environment specified.

Then tried to update from 15.2 to 15.3. That rebooted into the cli. Now installing 15.2 (full) again. When asked about nouveau drivers I said I decline. In the past that has not stopped the installaion of nouveau packages. More later, after the 15.2 install completes.

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The HP Omen is back on openSuse 15.2 after 15.3 booted to the CLI. This time during the install of 15.2 I recognized that I may have erred when presented with the list of repos to delete. I toggled some of them (the main ones) from delete to save in previous attempts to install or upgrade. This time I left all at Remove.

Current state:

:~> inxi -Fxxz 
**System:    Kernel:** 5.3.18-lp152.102-default x86_64 **bits:** 64 **compiler:** gcc **v:** 7.5.0 **Desktop:** KDE Plasma 5.18.6 **tk:** Qt 5.12.7  
           **wm:** kwin_x11 **dm:** SDDM **Distro:** openSUSE Leap 15.2  
**Machine:   Type:** Laptop **System:** HP **product:** OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dc0xxx **v:** N/A **serial:** <filter> **Chassis:****type:** 10  
           **serial:** <filter>  
           **Mobo:** HP **model:** 84DB **v:** 93.17 **serial:** <filter> **UEFI:** AMI **v:** F.03 **date:** 05/11/2018  
**Battery:   ID-1:** BAT0 **charge:** 69.0 Wh **condition:** 69.0/69.0 Wh (100%) **volts:** 17.5/15.4 **model:** HP Primary **serial:** <filter>  
           **status:** Full  
           **Device-1:** hidpp_battery_0 **model:** Logitech Wireless Mouse M185 **serial:** <filter> **charge:** 55% (should be ignored)  
           **status:** Discharging  
**CPU:       Topology:** 6-Core **model:** Intel Core i7-8750H **bits:** 64 **type:** MT MCP **arch:** Kaby Lake **rev:** A **L2 cache:** 9216 KiB  
           **flags:** avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx **bogomips:** 52799  
           **Speed:** 853 MHz **min/max:** 800/4100 MHz **Core speeds (MHz):****1:** 839 **2:** 887 **3:** 810 **4:** 843 **5:** 896 **6:** 841 **7:** 841 **8:** 857  
           **9:** 841 **10:** 887 **11:** 887 **12:** 895  
**Graphics:  Device-1:** NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] **vendor:** Hewlett-Packard **driver:** nouveau **v:** kernel **bus ID:** 01:00.0  
           **chip ID:** 10de:1c20  
           **Device-2:** Chicony **type:** USB **driver:** uvcvideo **bus ID:** 1-6:4 **chip ID:** 04f2:b627  
           **Display:** x11 **server:** X.Org 1.20.3 **compositor:** kwin_x11 **driver:** nouveau **unloaded:** fbdev,modesetting,vesa  
           **alternate:** nv,nvidia **resolution:** 1920x1080~60Hz **s-dpi:** 96  
           **OpenGL:****renderer:** llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.1 256 bits) **v:** 3.3 Mesa 19.3.4 **compat-v:** 3.1 **direct render:** Yes  
**Audio:     Device-1:** Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS **vendor:** Hewlett-Packard **driver:** snd_hda_intel **v:** kernel **bus ID:** 00:1f.3  
           **chip ID:** 8086:a348  
           **Device-2:** NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio **vendor:** Hewlett-Packard **driver:** snd_hda_intel **v:** kernel  
           **bus ID:** 01:00.1 **chip ID:** 10de:10f1  
           **Sound Server:** ALSA **v:** k5.3.18-lp152.102-default 
snipped remainder

Looks like the nouveau is out and nvidia is in. I’m good for a while. Now back to the ASUS notebook that wouldn’t take to 15.3.

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With video issues, it’s rare that any more from inxi than what follows is relevant:

# inxi -Syz
System:
  Kernel: 5.3.18-lp152.92-default x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/0
  Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.2
# inxi -Gayz
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
  chip-ID: 8086:041e class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: loaded: modesetting
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: intel display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 406x254mm (16.0x10.0")
  s-diag: 479mm (18.9")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 518x324mm (20.4x12.8")
  diag: 611mm (24.1")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell v: 4.5 Mesa 19.3.4 compat-v: 3.0
  direct render: Yes