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On Wednesday 15 December 2010 10:26:16 Dale wrote: |
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> J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 15 December 2010 10:03:58 Dale wrote: |
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> >> Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> >>> On 12/15/10 09:40:48, Dale wrote: |
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> >>>> Hi again, |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia GT220 |
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> >>>> card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG W2253, |
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> >>>> and |
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> >>>> it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around and |
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> >>>> when |
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> >>>> I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and I |
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> >>>> can |
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> >>>> see the services start up as well but when it switches to vt7, it |
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> >>>> just |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> has a little blinking cursor at the top. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Have you changed the kernel? The nvidia-drivers (as well as the ati- |
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> >>> drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the kernel. |
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> >>> Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel module |
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> >>> and try again to startx. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Helmut. |
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> >> |
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> >> Just to make sure I understand you correctly. You mean: |
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> >> |
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> >> cd /usr/src/linux |
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> >> make all&& make modules_install |
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> >> then cp the kernel to /boot ? |
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> >> |
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> >> That I didn't try. I knew if I updated the kernel I had to re-emerge |
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> >> the nvidia-drivers but I didn't know it was the other way around too. |
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> >> |
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> >> Dale |
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> >> |
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> >> :-) :-) |
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> > |
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> > Dale, |
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> > |
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> > Easy to test if the nvidia-driver is loaded correctly. |
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> > What does "dmesg" say when loading the nvidia module? |
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> > |
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> > Also, is "nvidia" listed in the following file: |
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> > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 ? |
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> > |
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> > I don't have it there, for some reason it's "autoloaded", but it might |
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> > help? |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Joost |
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> |
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> I confirmed with lsmod and even rmmod and modprobed it back in a few |
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> times. Still no joy. I really think it is either the card or the |
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> xorg.conf file. Thing is, when Mandriva failed to work, that makes me |
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> wonder about the card. It was using the generic "nv" driver and it |
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> still wouldn't work. |
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> |
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> Got to go take care of some medical issues. Back in a bit. |
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> |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Dale, |
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Rather then rebooting, did you shut down the whole machine, eg. power off and |
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unplug power and then start it again? |
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I have, in the past, had issues where a card wasn't being "reset" properly |
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during a reboot and only a cold start would lead to correct behaviour. |
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Joost Roeleveld |
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