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Vicchius
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 Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject: Nvidia, tvout and bad console after running X |
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Hi! I'm using gentoo on an amd-64 desktop computer with a geforce 6600. I emerged and configured the nvidia drivers without troubles, but when I connect a TV to the tv-out, whenever I switch/quit from X to a console I get a black screen with random green squares here and there, and there is no readable text  . The computer is still responsive as I can load X again and everything works fine. The console is garbled on both my CRT monitor and the TV. I'm using a framebuffer console and I tried various combinations of vesafb and vesa-tng with no success I configured Twinview with clone mode, then I tried to configure the TV as a separate monitor with its own X server, no changes again
If I unplug the composite cable from the videoboard, when I quit X I have no troubles with the framebuffer console :/
Well... any help is really appreciated  Thank you |
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chidychi
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hey
I have the same vidcard and running x86
I am haveing the same issue with the tv.
I will let you know if i come across anything ...
Here are my problems. Keep in mind None of this occured before a framebuffer was installed.
when booting, text is slow to be written.... The text looks all garbled....then eventually looks better...
I have dual monitors. When I switch from dual monitors to 1 monitor and tv-out everything is fine. If i switch back I get the problem of X locking up all garbage like!
rebooting has a slow console also.
I am going to try some things and get back to you.
let me know if you find anything out.
cheers
chi |
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chidychi
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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hey
whats your grub.conf look like
i fixed all my probs by simply setting instead of
in the video= portion of my kernel line |
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stivani
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| chidychi wrote: | hey
whats your grub.conf look like
i fixed all my probs by simply setting instead of
in the video= portion of my kernel line |
I have the same problem, but adding mtrr:3 didn't resolved it. Could you please post your grub.conf? Have you set any other options? |
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gimpel
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: |
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i had the same prob and solved it by using vesafb-tng instead of vesafb
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chidychi
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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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sorry for being late 
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title 2.6.16-r1
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.16-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3,1024x768-32@85 splash=verbose,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 fbcon=scrollback:128K
initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1024x768
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wpegden
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| chidychi wrote: | hey
whats your grub.conf look like
i fixed all my probs by simply setting instead of
in the video= portion of my kernel line |
hmm, this doesn't work for me. I have the same problem, also on an amd64 (so vesafb-tng is not an option) I think my situation is more like the the original poster's than like yours though: everything is fine when I first start up, then everything is messed up (and doesn't improve) after starting X with tv-out on and then switching back to a (framebuffer) console.
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