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On 12/15/10 10:03:58, Dale wrote: |
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> 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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> >> |
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> >> For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia |
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> GT220 |
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> >> card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG |
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> W2253, |
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> >> and |
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> >> it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around |
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> and |
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> >> when |
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> >> I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and |
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> 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 |
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> ati- |
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> > drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the |
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> kernel. |
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> > Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel |
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> module |
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> > and try again to startx. |
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> > |
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> > Helmut. |
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> > |
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> Just to make sure I understand you correctly. You mean: |
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> cd /usr/src/linux |
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> make all && make modules_install |
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> then cp the kernel to /boot ? |
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> That I didn't try. I knew if I updated the kernel I had to re-emerge |
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> the nvidia-drivers but I didn't know it was the other way around too. |
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No, |
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just emerge -1 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers |
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(while the /usr/src/linux symlink is OK as others have mentioned |
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already) |
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Helmut. |
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(By the way, my x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.2.902 doesn't use hal anymore) |
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