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On Wednesday 15 December 2010 09:55:37 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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> 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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Also, when emerging the "nvidia-drivers", try making sure that |
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"/usr/src/linux" points to the actual linux-sources you are booting from. |
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(Not sure if necessary, but I always have that symlink to the current kernel) |
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