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dponch
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 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject: nvidia drivers problem |
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Hi,
I've just emerged xfree, nvidia-kernel and so on ... I edited my /etc/X11/XF86Config and switched the driver from "nv" to "nvidia".
I also uncommented the Load "glx" line. So now I'm able to launch startx with nvidia drivers! Ok!?
I've done this once before and all was fine!
Today, when I quit X, my console seems to be in strike ... in fact, my screen goes crazy, I can't see anything clearly, just some white lines through the screen ...
When I switch from "nvidia" to "nv" in the config file, no more problem...
Anyone had the problem before? What's the solution?
Thanks
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Helena
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| I'm having a similar problem with a mobile GeForce chip on my laptop (not solved yet), but not with any other nVidia chips (on desktops). Have you commented outand followed the other instructions in nVidia's readme? Are you using the 44.96 driver? |
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jcc
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| try using nvidia's builtin agp driver instead of linux's agpgart... |
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Nick W
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Did you emerge nvidia-glx?
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dponch
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Nick W wrote: | Did you emerge nvidia-glx?
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I did. But nothing changed ...
So what are the correct lines I have to comment out in the XF86Config file? I followed the instructions given in the gentoo doc ...
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Nick W
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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This is what my modules section looks like:
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# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
# Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"
EndSection
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...and the card section:
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Section "Device"
Identifier "NickVidCard"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 131072
# Option "NvAGP" "1"
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
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Is your /usr/src/linux symlink pointing to the right kernel src?
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mike4148
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I have the same problem here; I think it's a bug in the 4496 drivers. On my laptop, the fix is as simple as power-cycling the DFP. |
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dponch
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the @linux points to the right kernel src.
But in my config, the Videoram line is not commented out! Should I hace to comment it out?
I have a Nvidia Geforce4 440 Mx 64MB
Thanks
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dkaplowitz
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Is it preferable to use nVidia's driver over what you get with emerge nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| nVidia's driver is what you get with emerge nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx |
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olav
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| Try disabling acpi support in your kernel. |
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pilla
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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have you run the opengl-update thing (I don't have a nvidia machine right now, and can't remeber the correct command name)?
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maxcow
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the latest drivers don't support a framebuffer console, so:
| Code: | | emerge /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4363-r3.ebuild |
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