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From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:03:02
Message-Id: 488B74EC.6010300@telenix.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work by "Budd
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4 Budd, Tracy wrote:
5 > xorg.conf below. Note that driver changed to nv in order to run X.
6 > If I try to use "nvidia" I get a blank screen and the machine locks.
7 > I checked the Xorg.0.log file and the machine seems to have died before
8 > it wrote anything.
9 > Suggestions appreciated.
10
11 You realize that the nvidia driver doesn't come wtih X, you need to build it
12 separately? You have a nvidia_drv.so? The nv comes by default, but it's a much
13 lesser tool.
14
15 > -Tracy
16 >
17 > Section "ServerLayout"
18 > Identifier "X.org Configured"
19 > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
20 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
21 > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
22 > EndSection
23 >
24 > Section "Files"
25 > RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
26 > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
27 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
28 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
29 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
30 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
31 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
32 > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
33 > EndSection
34 >
35 > Section "Module"
36 > Load "glx"
37 > Load "extmod"
38 > Load "dbe"
39 > Load "record"
40 > Load "GLcore"
41 > Load "xtrap"
42 > #Load "dri"
43 > Load "wfb"
44 > Load "freetype"
45 > Load "type1"
46 > EndSection
47 >
48 > Section "InputDevice"
49 > Identifier "Keyboard0"
50 > Driver "kbd"
51 > EndSection
52 >
53 > Section "InputDevice"
54 > Identifier "Mouse0"
55 > Driver "mouse"
56 > Option "Protocol" "auto"
57 > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
58 > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
59 > EndSection
60 >
61 > Section "Monitor"
62 > Identifier "Monitor0"
63 > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
64 > ModelName "Monitor Model"
65 > EndSection
66 >
67 > Section "Device"
68 > ### Available Driver options are:-
69 > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
70 > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
71 > ### [arg]: arg optional
72 > #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
73 > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
74 > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
75 > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
76 > #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
77 > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
78 > #Option "VideoKey" # <i>
79 > #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
80 > #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
81 > #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
82 > #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
83 > #Option "FPTweak" # <i>
84 > #Option "DualHead" # [<bool>]
85 > Identifier "Card0"
86 > Driver "nv"
87 > VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
88 > BoardName "Unknown Board"
89 > BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
90 > EndSection
91 >
92 > Section "Screen"
93 > Identifier "Screen0"
94 > Device "Card0"
95 > Monitor "Monitor0"
96 > SubSection "Display"
97 > Viewport 0 0
98 > Depth 16
99 > EndSubSection
100 > SubSection "Display"
101 > Viewport 0 0
102 > Depth 24
103 > EndSubSection
104 > EndSection
105 >
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