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From: Dave S <gentoo@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help I have b0rked my system :(
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:03:47
Message-Id: 42CD6D06.7000804@pusspaws.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Help I have b0rked my system :( by Ed Jabbour
1 Ed Jabbour wrote:
2
3 >On Thursday 07 July 2005 02:40 am, Dave S wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >
7 >>>...what about xcompmanager (or whatever it's called)? Is that possibly
8 >>>running?
9 >>>
10 >>>Holly
11 >>>
12 >>>
13 >>You could be right, Im going out to work now but I tried changing
14 >>'nvidia' to 'nv' in xorg.conf and everyting returned to normal, I
15 >>re-emerged nvidia-glx + nvidia-kernel, re-booted, re-tryed 'nvidia' and
16 >>wierdness returned.
17 >>
18 >>Haven't got any more time but will look at it this evening ...
19 >>
20 >>
21 >
22 >If you emerged the nvidia stuff, you got the newest versions. Do you have
23 >the RIVA TNT2 by any chance? If so, portage now has 1.0.7664, which acc/to
24 >NVidia is not compatible with the TNT2. I use 7174, which works fine. This
25 >would explain why nv works, but nvidia doesn't, and also why your X used to
26 >work, but doesn't now.
27 >
28 >--
29 >Ed Jabbour
30 >
31 >
32 Strangley my video card is a RIVA TNT2 :)
33
34 I checked Nvidias website, apparently TNT2 is OK with *1.0-7667 so I
35 will give it a go.
36
37 Thanks for the tip, I will let you know how it goes
38
39 Dave
40 *
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Re: [gentoo-user] Help I have b0rked my system :( Dave S <gentoo@××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] Help I have b0rked my system :( Ed Jabbour <ejbr@×××××××.net>