From 32f0c01c14697d1d8025e13dcb2ea41aab361001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stefan11111 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 13:27:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] loader: Tell users to give the modesetting DDX a try if they are using the proprietary nvidia DDX Signed-off-by: stefan11111 --- hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c b/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c index 2f1f851fd2..89aad901e6 100644 --- a/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c +++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c @@ -688,7 +688,11 @@ LoadModule(const char *module, void *options, const XF86ModReqInfo *modreq, LogMessage(X_WARNING, "LoadModule: Otherwise, you will get a " "segmentation fault due to the abi mismatch " "between the new X server abi and the one these " - "old drivers are compiled against\n"); + "old drivers are compiled against.\n"); + LogMessage(X_WARNING, "LoadModule: If you are using one of the maintained " + "branches of the nvidia nvidia kernel drivers,\n"); + LogMessage(X_WARNING, "LoadModule: you can try using the in-tree, open-source modesetting " + "DDX driver instead of the proprietary nvidia DDX driver.\n"); if (!LoaderIgnoreAbi) { /* warn every time this is hit */ LogMessage(X_WARNING, "LoadModule: Implicitly ignoring abi mismatch "