Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Budd
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longerwork
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:25:55
Message-Id: 29DEC050B5BA274397C6B850BEA18F6081DDCA@ava-es5.solers.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work by Enzo Erre
1 -----Original Message-----
2 From: Enzo Erre [mailto:kikko96@×××××.com]
3 Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:09 AM
4 To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
5 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no
6 longerwork
7
8 On 14:17 Sat 26 Jul , Budd, Tracy wrote:
9 > xorg.conf below. Note that driver changed to nv in order to run X.
10 > If I try to use "nvidia" I get a blank screen and the machine locks.
11 > I checked the Xorg.0.log file and the machine seems to have died
12 before it wrote anything.
13 > Suggestions appreciated.
14 > -Tracy
15
16 Hi,
17 I had same problems,my solution has been to upgrade kernel to
18 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 and downgrade+patch nvidia-drivers to 100.14.19.
19
20 help link http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=112452
21 Scuse for my english
22
23 Regards
24
25 --
26 Unix Veritates
27
28 Thank you for your response.
29 I fixed the problem by upgrading my bios.