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Budd, Tracy wrote: |
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> Yes. I have nv loaded in my xorg.conf, because when I put nvidia in xorg.conf, |
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my machine crashes. That is the problem that I am having. nvidia in xorg.conf |
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used to work before I upgraded my card. |
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OK, then, the next thing to do is to examine the Xorg.0.log file in /var/log. |
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Be careful, for posting that, because it can get large. BUT at this point, it's |
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really the best resource you have, for trooubleshooting. You'll see if you give |
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it a very careful examination. |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Chuck Robey [mailto:chuckr@×××××××.org] |
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> Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 4:55 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work |
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> Budd, Tracy wrote: |
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>> Yes. I have the nvidia driver built, and it loads using modprobe. |
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> I still think you might be confusing the kernel module, using modprobe to load, |
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> with the X11 driver (you need both) which is named (as I wrote below) |
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> nvidia_drv.so. You do not use modprobe to load the X11 driver. Looking at your |
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> included xorg.conf, you have nv loaded in X11, not nvidia. Wrong item. |
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