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With Nvidia-drivers, the unstable are the best ones to use. I'd try |
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using the most recent release (1.0.8178-r3) and the same for |
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nvidia-glx. |
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Just as a note.. Make sure that you haven't accidentally put your |
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monitor resolution too high for it to show or at an incorrect Hz range. |
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B. Vance |
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On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 10:18 -0500, Spencer Ogden wrote: |
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> Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I wasn't able to find |
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> any resent postings about similar problems. |
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> I have a fresh install of 2006.0 amd64 on a Gigabyte , which includes |
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> onboard Nvidia video, calling itself a GeForce 6150. I am running |
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> stable, with the 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 kernel. The nvidia-kernel driver |
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> compiles and loads fine, version 1.0.6629-r5. |
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> |
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> This first problem was that loading the module does not create the |
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> /dev/nvidia* nodes. Running /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh fixed this. Are there |
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> missing udev rules? The load event shows up in udevmonitor. |
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> That at least allowed X to try and load. Only now I get a blank screen, |
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> which is totally unresponsive, even to Cntl-Alt-BS. Only a reset gets me |
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> out of it (Can't kill X remotely). There are no mentions of problems in |
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> the log. |
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> |
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> I have tried some of the random fixes mentioned on line including: |
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> Option "NoRenderExtension" |
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> Option "NvAGP" "1" or "0" |
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> But haven't made any progress. There have been many postings over the |
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> years about blank screen on amd64 platforms, but none with recent |
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> kernels and Nvidia driver versions. |
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> Are these known problems? Should I try the unstable versions? |
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> Thanks in advance, |
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> |
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> Spencer |
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