RE: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back? [SOLVED]

[Daevid Vincent]

Well that seems to have fixed it. A million thanks Henry.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Gebhardt [mailto:hsggebhardt@××××××××××.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:17 AM
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Daevid Vincent
> <daevid@××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> >  > >> I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05.
> >  > >> Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen.
> >  > >>
> >  > > This driver is NOT working with my card.
> >
> >  Okay I followed the Wiki as instructed to the letter. Same
> EXACT problem. It
> >  all seems to go fine, but I get a black screen when X
> starts. Not like a
> >  back-lit one either. Like "power off" black. I know X is
> running, I can see
> >  the processes, and it doesn't seem locked up either. I
> just can't see
> >  anything.
>  I also have a nVidia 440 Go with the same problem. I fixed by
> including the line
>
>     Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
>
> in the "Screen" section of /etc/X11/xorg.xonf. However, now I can't
> use an external Monitor/Beamer.
>
> >
> >  Thanks for the ideas, I think it's just this P.O.S. card
> and the fact that
> >  nVidia is screwing me by not supporting it anymore in
> these later drivers.
> >  Not sure why Willie's works though. That is curious,
> hopeful and frustrating
> >  at the same time.
>
> I think nVidia is to blame! It once worked flawlessly.
>
> Regards,
> Henry
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