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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 15 December 2010 09:55:37 Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> On 12/15/10 09:40:48, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Hi again, |
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>>> For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia GT220 |
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>>> card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG W2253, |
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>>> and |
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>>> it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around and |
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>>> when |
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>>> I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and I |
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>>> can |
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>>> see the services start up as well but when it switches to vt7, it |
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>>> just |
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>>> |
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>>> has a little blinking cursor at the top. |
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>>> |
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>> Have you changed the kernel? The nvidia-drivers (as well as the ati- |
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>> drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the kernel. |
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>> Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel module |
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>> and try again to startx. |
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>> Helmut. |
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> Also, when emerging the "nvidia-drivers", try making sure that |
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> "/usr/src/linux" points to the actual linux-sources you are booting from. |
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> (Not sure if necessary, but I always have that symlink to the current kernel) |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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That I know is important. Since this is a new build, it only has one |
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kernel installed and it is pointing to the right one. Good call tho. |
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That would cause problems for sure and could be easily forgotten. |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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