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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New monitor problems. < sighs >
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:36:26
Message-Id: 4D0897FD.5000109@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New monitor problems. < sighs > by "J. Roeleveld"
1 J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 15 December 2010 10:03:58 Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Helmut Jarausch wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On 12/15/10 09:40:48, Dale wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> Hi again,
9 >>>>
10 >>>> For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia GT220
11 >>>> card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG W2253,
12 >>>> and
13 >>>> it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around and
14 >>>> when
15 >>>> I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and I
16 >>>> can
17 >>>> see the services start up as well but when it switches to vt7, it
18 >>>> just
19 >>>>
20 >>>> has a little blinking cursor at the top.
21 >>>>
22 >>> Have you changed the kernel? The nvidia-drivers (as well as the ati-
23 >>> drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the kernel.
24 >>> Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel module
25 >>> and try again to startx.
26 >>>
27 >>> Helmut.
28 >>>
29 >> Just to make sure I understand you correctly. You mean:
30 >>
31 >> cd /usr/src/linux
32 >> make all&& make modules_install
33 >> then cp the kernel to /boot ?
34 >>
35 >> That I didn't try. I knew if I updated the kernel I had to re-emerge
36 >> the nvidia-drivers but I didn't know it was the other way around too.
37 >>
38 >> Dale
39 >>
40 >> :-) :-)
41 >>
42 > Dale,
43 >
44 > Easy to test if the nvidia-driver is loaded correctly.
45 > What does "dmesg" say when loading the nvidia module?
46 >
47 > Also, is "nvidia" listed in the following file:
48 > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 ?
49 >
50 > I don't have it there, for some reason it's "autoloaded", but it might help?
51 >
52 > --
53 > Joost
54 >
55 >
56
57 According to dmesg, it loads fine when booting. It also loads fine when
58 I load it manually as well.
59
60 Dale
61
62 :-) :-)