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On 01/04/2011 08:10 AM, KIM WHALEN wrote: |
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> I'm trying to do a new install on an amd64 box and there are a lot of problems somewhere between X, Gnome, and the Graphics card. I'm using genkernel so there shouldn't be too much of a problem there. |
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> The graphics card as identified by the system is: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE] |
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> The base system and xorg-x11 seems to be set up alright. However, when I run startx as a regular |
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> user I get errors about drm, dri, and dri2 modules and the screen. |
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Those drm and dri error messages are normal when using the nvidia drivers, but the screen |
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error is not normal. What does it say, exactly? Did you generate your xorg.conf by doing |
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Xorg -configure? Are you using an xorg.conf file at all? |
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The nouveau driver is not nearly ready for prime time yet, so I'd stick with nivida-drivers |
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at least until you have everything else working. |
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