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From: "Budd
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o, gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:20:31
Message-Id: 29DEC050B5BA274397C6B850BEA18F60303F76@ava-es5.solers.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work by Chuck Robey
1 Yes. I have the nvidia driver built, and it loads using modprobe.
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4 -----Original Message-----
5 From: Chuck Robey [mailto:chuckr@×××××××.org]
6 Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 3:03 PM
7 To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
8 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work
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13 Budd, Tracy wrote:
14 > xorg.conf below. Note that driver changed to nv in order to run X.
15 > If I try to use "nvidia" I get a blank screen and the machine locks.
16 > I checked the Xorg.0.log file and the machine seems to have died before
17 > it wrote anything.
18 > Suggestions appreciated.
19
20 You realize that the nvidia driver doesn't come wtih X, you need to build it
21 separately? You have a nvidia_drv.so? The nv comes by default, but it's a much
22 lesser tool.
23
24 > -Tracy
25 >
26 > Section "ServerLayout"
27 > Identifier "X.org Configured"
28 > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
29 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
30 > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
31 > EndSection
32 >
33 > Section "Files"
34 > RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
35 > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
36 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
37 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
38 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
39 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
40 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
41 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
42 > EndSection
43 >
44 > Section "Module"
45 > Load "glx"
46 > Load "extmod"
47 > Load "dbe"
48 > Load "record"
49 > Load "GLcore"
50 > Load "xtrap"
51 > #Load "dri"
52 > Load "wfb"
53 > Load "freetype"
54 > Load "type1"
55 > EndSection
56 >
57 > Section "InputDevice"
58 > Identifier "Keyboard0"
59 > Driver "kbd"
60 > EndSection
61 >
62 > Section "InputDevice"
63 > Identifier "Mouse0"
64 > Driver "mouse"
65 > Option "Protocol" "auto"
66 > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
67 > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
68 > EndSection
69 >
70 > Section "Monitor"
71 > Identifier "Monitor0"
72 > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
73 > ModelName "Monitor Model"
74 > EndSection
75 >
76 > Section "Device"
77 > ### Available Driver options are:-
78 > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
79 > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
80 > ### [arg]: arg optional
81 > #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
82 > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
83 > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
84 > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
85 > #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
86 > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
87 > #Option "VideoKey" # <i>
88 > #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
89 > #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
90 > #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
91 > #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
92 > #Option "FPTweak" # <i>
93 > #Option "DualHead" # [<bool>]
94 > Identifier "Card0"
95 > Driver "nv"
96 > VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
97 > BoardName "Unknown Board"
98 > BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
99 > EndSection
100 >
101 > Section "Screen"
102 > Identifier "Screen0"
103 > Device "Card0"
104 > Monitor "Monitor0"
105 > SubSection "Display"
106 > Viewport 0 0
107 > Depth 16
108 > EndSubSection
109 > SubSection "Display"
110 > Viewport 0 0
111 > Depth 24
112 > EndSubSection
113 > EndSection
114 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work Chuck Robey <chuckr@×××××××.org>