Re: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware?

Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:

> On 06/20/2014 11:58 AM, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
> > Hi.  I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within
> > the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens
> > found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and
> > filling up my root partition.  It works with my frame buffer, but no
> > longer with gdm or even startx.  So is this some kind of strange
> > hardware glitch?  I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> You may want to take a look at this,
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-858782-start-0.html, see if that helps.
>
> What is the version of your nvidia driver?
>
> Did the problem you're experiencing come about as a result of a recent
> nvidia driver, and/or xorg server update?
>
> As already suggested, having a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log may
> through some more light on what could be amiss.
>

So, it turned out that after I bought a new card and had some problems
with that card (user error it turned out), I put back the old card and
it worked fine, so just reseating the thing made it work much better --
I thought I would reply to this in case anyone else was having a problem
like this.


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