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On May 15, 2016 9:37 PM, "walt" <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 15 May 2016 21:03:19 -0400 |
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> covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Answers in line. |
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> > walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:43:51 -0400 |
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> > > covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > > > Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unable to use |
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> > > > gnome and even gdm. I am using the gnome overlay and I am using |
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> > > > unstable gentoo and nvidia drivers. I get a blank screen when I |
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> > > > start gdm, orca just comes up, but there is nothing on the screen. |
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> > > > I am using version 355.11-r4 of the nvidia drivers, if I use any |
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> > > > later version I get modeset errors and sometimes system |
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> > > > crashes. I waited a while because I thought that if some |
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> > > > packages got upgraded that would fix the problem, since things |
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> > > > used to work, but its still dead as a doornail, so any |
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> > > > suggestions would be appreciated. |
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> > > Well, I'll go through my usual checklist while you wait for a |
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> > > helpful reply :) |
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> > > If you use startx instead of gdm do you still see nothing? |
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> > startx did not work, it tried to do startx on the wrong console. |
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> You could try this (depending on which console you're using): |
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> startx -- tty01 (when I try tty02 I get 'no screens defined' error) |
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> I have the mate overlay installed and most of it works extremely well, |
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> but I see little quirks here and there that I don't see when I run mate |
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> on other distros that I test with virtualbox, so I'm not surprised that |
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> you might see bigger quirks with the gnome overlay. |
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> Maybe a 'layman' expert can tell you more. |
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I'd ditch the overlay. |