[gentoo-user] Re: I am tired of this one.

[Willie Matthews]

On 08/02/12 13:09, Willie Matthews wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. I have two nVidia
> video cards, one is a PNY 8400 GS PCIe and the other is a 6150 LE built
> onto the board.
>
> Problem is I want to use the nVidia driver with my 8400 GS but when I do
> try to use it, it will just lock up the entire computer. Sometime I can
> ssh in and sometimes I can't. I don't have compiz or anything like that.
> I am using the xfce compositor.
>
> While I do get to use the card for about 30 seconds to a minute, I can't
> open the nVidia X Server Settings panel, display panel nor anything that
> has to do with flash in chrome.
>
> A couple of the things that I have noticed about the Xorg Log is that
> the 8400 GS is reported as having 512mb or video memory when I know it
> is only 256. The 6150 is reported as having 256 and I am not sure how
> much that one is using. I have a feeling it is shared.
>
> When I am using the 6150 LE and I have the 8400 GS in also. The nVidia X
> Server Setting also says the same amounts of video memory.
>
> I haven been using this install of Gentoo for years now. The only thing
> that has changed in that time that has to do with Video Cards is Cuda. I
> use to use it a little for experiments. All in all the 6150 doesn't
> support Cuda and the 8400 GS does.
>
> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
>
I just learned about the command nvidia-smi.
8400 GS 256mb of ram
6150 LE has 64mb.

Either way X thinks that the 6150 has more than it really does and the
same goes for the 8400. Must not be the reason X is crashing on one and
not the other.

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Willie Matthews
matthews.willie@×××××.com