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This howto describes how to use nvidia and nouveau drivers on the same computer and kernel.
<noinclude>
<br>
This is the "Ebuild" template.
{{Fancynote|You must know how to install {{Package|x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers}} and {{package|x11-drivers/nouveau}} (references at the end of the page). First, you need to configure your kernel and install nvidia drivers and nouveau. We assume that this stage is successfully passed.}}
It should be called in the following format:
 
<pre>
== boot-update ==
{{Ebuild
The most important change: edit <tt>/etc/boot.conf</tt>:
|Summary=
 
|CatPkg=
{{file|name=/etc/boot.conf|desc= |body=
|Maintainer=
boot {
|Homepage=
generate grub
}}
default "Funtoo Linux [nvidia]"
</pre>
# or
Edit the page to see the template text.
# default "Funtoo Linux [nouveau]"
</noinclude><includeonly>{{#widget:AddThis}}<div class="container"><div class="row">
timeout 3
<div class="col-md-3 col-md-push-9">
}
<b>[[CatPkg::{{{CatPkg|}}}]]</b>
 
<hr>{{#vardefine:cat|{{#explode:{{{CatPkg}}}|/|0}}}}{{#vardefine:pkg|{{#explode:{{{CatPkg}}}|/|1}}}}{{#get_web_data:url=http://ports.funtoo.org/packages.xml|format=xml|use xpath|data=repo_id=/packages/category[@name='{{#var:cat}}']/package[@name='{{#var:pkg}}']/@repository}}{{#vardefine:repoid|{{#if:{{#external_value:repo_id}}|{{#external_value:repo_id}}|gentoo}}}}{{#set:RepoID={{#var:repoid}}}}
color {
<table border="0" width="100%">
normal cyan/blue
{{#if: {{{Maintainer|}}} |<tr><td><i>Current Maintainer(s):</i></td><td>{{#arraymaptemplate:{{{Maintainer|}}}|MaintainerDisplay|,|<br>}}</td></tr> |}}<tr><td><i>Source Repository:</i></td><td>{{#ask:[[Category:Repositories]] [[Repository ID::{{#var:repoid}}]]}}</td></tr>  {{#if: {{{Homepage|}}} |<tr><td></td><td>[[Homepage::{{{Homepage|}}}|Homepage]]</td></tr> |}}</table><hr>
highlight blue/cyan
<b>Summary:</b> [[Summary::{{{Summary|}}}]]
}
{{#get_web_data:url=http://127.0.0.1:8888/portage/meta/{{{CatPkg}}}|format=xml|use xpath|data=use=/package/@use}}{{#set:Use={{#external_value:use}}}}{{#if: {{#external_value:use}}|
 
== Use Flags ==
display {
{{#arraymaptemplate:{{#external_value:use}}|ExternUse|,|}}
#gfxmode 1280x800
#font unifont.pf2
}
 
"Funtoo Linux [nvidia]" {
kernel vmlinuz[-v]
params += ro console=tty1 quiet <other standard boot options>
params += nouveau.blacklist=true vga=791 # nouveau.blacklist=true is important
# or
# params += nouveau.blacklist=true video=uvesafb:1440x900-8,mtrr:2
}
 
"Funtoo Linux [nouveau]" {
kernel vmlinuz[-v]
params += ro console=tty1 quiet <other standard boot options>
params += nvidia.blacklist=true # nvidia.blacklist=true is important
}  
}}
}}
Next, run [[Boot-Update | <tt>boot-update</tt>]].
<div class="bs-head" style="text-decoration: underline; margin-bottom: 15px;">Funtoo News</div>
 
{{NewsList|3}}
After boot-update has been run, you should have something like:
[[News|View More News...]]
<console>
###i## grep menuentry /boot/grub/grub.cfg | wc -l
2
###i## grep menuentry /boot/grub/grub.cfg
menuentry "Funtoo Linux [nouveau] - vmlinuz-2.6.32.71_p14-rh" {
menuentry "Funtoo Linux [nvidia] - vmlinuz-2.6.32.71_p14-rh" {
</console>
 
== xcfgmaker deamon ==
 
<console>
###i## mkdir /etc/X11/video/;
###i## cd /etc/X11/video/;
###i## nano 10-monitor.conf.nouveau # make default config for nouveau. or copy existing config…
###i## nano 10-monitor.conf.nvidia # also for nvidia
</console>
 
Then create a new daemon. Edit the file <tt>/etc/init.d/xcfgmaker</tt>:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
#!/sbin/runscript
 
# by http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Create_a_boot_option_for_easy_dual_to_single_display_switching
# To be placed in /etc/init.d/
# Run Command: rc-update add xcfgmaker boot
 
depend()
{
  need localmount
  before xdm-setup
  before xdm
  before alsasound
}
 
start()
{
 
  cmdline_display_mode_exist=$(cat /proc/cmdline | grep -e "nouveau.blacklist=" -e "nvidia.blacklist=")
  display_mode_nvidia_exist=$(ls /etc/X11/video/ | grep "10-monitor.conf.nvidia")
  display_mode_nouveau_exist=$(ls /etc/X11/video/ | grep "10-monitor.conf.nouveau")
  cmdline_display_mode=$(cat /proc/cmdline | awk -Fnvidia.blacklist= '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}')
  if [ -n "$cmdline_display_mode_exist" ]; then
      if [ -n "$display_mode_nvidia_exist" ] && [ -n "$display_mode_nouveau_exist" ]; then
            #Choose the xorg file to be copied over
            if [ "$cmdline_display_mode" == "true" ]; then
              ebegin "Configuring X display with nouveau"
              cp /etc/X11/video/10-monitor.conf.nouveau /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
              eselect opengl set xorg-x11 >/dev/null 2>&1;
            else
              ebegin "Configuring X display with nvidia"
              cp /etc/X11/video/10-monitor.conf.nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
              eselect opengl set nvidia >/dev/null 2>&1;
            fi
        sleep 5
        eend 0
      else
        ebegin "Xorg file missing. Exitting"
        eend 0
      fi
  fi
 
}
</syntaxhighlight>
 
Do not forget:
<console>
###i## chmod +x /etc/init.d/xcfgmaker
###i## rc-update add xcfgmaker boot
</console>
 
== Additional Resources ==
*[http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nvidia Nvidia how-to on gentoo-wiki]
*[http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nouveau Nouveau how-to on gentoo-wiki]
*[http://sudormrf.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/create-a-boot-option-for-easy-nvidia-or-nouveau-display-driver-switching The same text on my blog(in Russian)]


[[Category:HOWTO]]
</div><div class="col-xs-12 col-md-9 col-md-pull-3">{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{PAGENAME}}}}
[[Category:First Steps]]
<div id="ebuild_header"><div id="ebuild_logo" style="padding-bottom: 1em;">[[File:ebuild.png|link=|frameless|class=img-responsive]]</div><div id="ebuild_title">
= {{PAGENAME}} =
</div></div>
{{#seo:
|title=Package: {{PAGENAME}} ({{{CatPkg}}})
|keywords={{{CatPkg}}},ebuild,gentoo,funtoo
|description=A Funtoo Linux ebuild for {{{CatPkg}}}: {{{Summary|}}}
}}{{Tip|This is a wiki page. To edit it, {{CreateAccount}}. Then [[{{#special:userlogin}}|log in]] and then {{#formlink:form=Ebuild|link text=click here to edit this page|target={{FULLPAGENAME}}}}. See our [[Help:Funtoo_Editing_Guidelines|editing guidelines]] to becoming a wiki-editing pro.}}
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Revision as of 17:16, January 12, 2015

This is the "Ebuild" template. It should be called in the following format: 

{{Ebuild
|Summary=
|CatPkg=
|Maintainer=
|Homepage=
}}

Edit the page to see the template text.

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