Provided by: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04_1.0.15-2~16.04.1_amd64 
NAME
nouveau - NVIDIA video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "nouveau"
...
EndSection
DESCRIPTION
nouveau is an Xorg driver for NVIDIA video cards. The driver supports 2D acceleration and
provides support for the following framebuffer depths: (15,) 16 and 24. TrueColor
visuals are supported for these depths.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The nouveau driver supports PCI, PCI-Express and AGP video cards based on the following
NVIDIA chips:
RIVA TNT NV4
RIVA TNT2 NV5
GeForce 256, QUADRO NV10
GeForce2, QUADRO2 NV11 & NV15
GeForce3, QUADRO DCC NV20
nForce, nForce2 NV1A, NV1F
GeForce4, QUADRO4 NV17, NV18, NV25, NV28
GeForce FX, QUADRO FX NV30, NV31, NV34, NV35, NV36, NV37, NV38
GeForce 6XXX NV40, NV41, NV43, NV44, NV45, C51, MCP61
GeForce 7XXX G70, G71, G72, G73, MCP67, MCP68, MCP73
GeForce 8XXX, 9XXX, 2XX, 3XX
G80, G84, G86, G92, G94, G96, G98, G200, GT215, GT216, GT218, MCP77,
MCP79, MCP89
GeForce 4XX, 5XX GF100, GF104, GF106, GF108, GF110, GF114, GF116, GF117, GF119
GeForce 6XX, 7XX GK104, GK106, GK107, GK110, GK208
GeForce GTX 750 GM107
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers
configuration details specific to this driver.
The driver auto-detects the chipset type and the amount of video memory present for all
chips.
The following driver Options are supported:
Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: on.
Option "AccelMethod" "string"
Specify the acceleration method. One of "none", or "exa". Default: exa.
Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.
Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: off.
Option "WrappedFB" "boolean"
Enable or disable wfb, only affects nv50+. Useful for some legacy configurations
where high rendering latency is perceived. Default: wfb is disabled.
Option "GLXVBlank" "boolean"
Synchronize GLX clients to VBlank. Useful where tearing is a problem, harmful if
the GPU isn't fast enough to keep up with the monitor refresh rate. Default: on.
Option "ZaphodHeads" "string"
Specify the randr output(s) to use with zaphod mode for a particular driver
instance. If you use this option you most use this option for all instances of the
driver.
For example: Option "ZaphodHeads" "LVDS,VGA-0" will assign xrandr outputs LVDS and
VGA-0 to this instance of the driver.
Option "PageFlip" "boolean"
Enable DRI2 page flipping. Default: on.
Option "SwapLimit" "integer"
Set maximum allowed number of pending OpenGL double-buffer swaps for a drawable
before a client is blocked.
A value of 1 corresponds to double-buffering. A value of 2 corresponds to triple-
buffering. Higher values may allow higher framerate, but also increase lag for
interactive applications, e.g., games. Nouveau currently reliably supports a
maximum value of 2 on XOrg 1.12+. A maximum setting of 2 on older x-servers is
allowed, but it will break conformance with the OpenML OML_sync_control
specification and will cause failure of software that relies on correct
presentation timing behaviour as defined in that specification.
Default: 1.
Option "DRI" "integer"
Define the maximum level of DRI to enable. Valid values are 2 or 3. exa
acceleration will honor the maximum level if it is supported. Under glamor
acceleration DRI3 is always enabled if supported, as glamor currently does not
support DRI2. Default: 2 on exa, 3 on glamor.
SEE ALSO
Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)
AUTHORS
Authors include: David McKay, Jarno Paananen, Chas Inman, Dave Schmenk, Mark Vojkovich
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