Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alexander Puchmayr <alexander.puchmayr@×××××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Re: nvidia-drivers segfault when starting X
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:00:57
Message-Id: 2528262.jMk6oPkje8@prometheus
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia-drivers segfault when starting X by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Friday 02 August 2013 02:38:37 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 01/08/13 23:02, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
3 > > Hi there,
4 > >
5 > > When I start X (or start kdm), I get a segmentation fault and no X.
6 > >
7 > >[...]
8 > >
9 > > Kernel 3.8.18, nvidia-drivers 304.88 (Last to support the GeForce7600,
10 > > newer drivers do not support it any more).
11 > >
12 > > Any ideas?
13 >
14 > Try manually rolling your own ebuild for 307.83. This is the latest
15 > version for your card, but unfortunately it's not in portage. 304.88
16 > are a year old.
17 >
18
19 A BIOS upgrade for my Asus F2A55-M MoBo to version 6402 solved the problem.
20 Thanks to all who spent a thought on it
21
22 Alex