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Gnarg
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 Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: NVIDIA driver not remembered after reboot <SOLVED> |
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Hi,
I am using the NVIDIA driver supplied at their site (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run ).
I can install this without a hitch. I can startx and get into KDE with no problems and the NVIDIA splash screen shows up on KDE startup.
When I reboot my system and run startx I get no screens found. It can seem to find the NVIDIA drivers so I have to reinstall then running startx again will work.
Have I missed a step somewhere? I don't know why I have to reinstall the drivers every time I reboot.
Thank you...
Gnarg...
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Aries-Belgium
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| Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Are you installing the version in portage or from the nvidia-site?
I would recommend you to use the version of portage and emerge it:
| Code: | echo "media-video/nvidia-kernel ~arch" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge nvidia-kernel
modprobe nvidia |
~arch = x86, amd64, ppc, ...
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Gnarg
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using the NVIDIA driver from Nvidia's website. The whole reason why I was using it was because I tried the emerge nvidia stuff and it bombed on me for some reason so I always stuck to the one on the website.
Assuming there is not much for me to do I can try and emerge nvidia again but i will have to wait and see on the weekend.
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jonnevers
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Gnarg wrote: | I'm using the NVIDIA driver from Nvidia's website. The whole reason why I was using it was because I tried the emerge nvidia stuff and it bombed on me for some reason so I always stuck to the one on the website.
Assuming there is not much for me to do I can try and emerge nvidia again but i will have to wait and see on the weekend.
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what is in portage is basically a wrapper around the binary driver's available from nvidia's website.
you need to emerge two packages nvidia-kernel AND nvidia-glx (also nvidia-settings is a nice gui utility to config the video card!).
I recommend using the latest available in portage, this being the ~ARCH (~x86, ~amd64, etc), and are the 8xxx series of nvidia drivers.
the only thing else I can think of being a problem is you should make sure your /usr/src/linux directory points the currently running kernel.
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Aries-Belgium
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| jonnevers wrote: | | the only thing else I can think of being a problem is you should make sure your /usr/src/linux directory points the currently running kernel. |
You also need MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support enabled in your kernel.
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Gnarg
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:41 am Post subject: Adding MTRR worked |
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I added MTRR into my kernel and my problem is fixed.
I did not emerge the nvidia driver so I am going to stick with the driver from the website for now.
Thanks for your help....
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