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G2k
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Hey guys, I've been having some problems with the 100.*.* series nvidia drivers. When I log out of X, I get a black screen. If I type commands like `startx' then X starts up again perfectly, but I just can't see the framebuffer for some reason. Maybe it has to do with a setting in my kernel?
| Code: | # emerge -pv nvidia-drivers xorg-x11
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.19 USE="gtk -acpi (-multilib)" 7,415 kB
[ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2 0 kB |
Could it be that I have to enable the acpi flag?
My Xorg log gives no errors that I can see really...
oh and I have a widescreen laptop and my nvidia card is a GeForce Go 6200.
Cheers
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| G2k wrote: | | can't see the framebuffer |
Don't use a custom framebuffer.
Take a look at the ebuild, to see what the acpi flag does (hint: it just involves a dependency). |
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G2k
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| PaulBredbury wrote: | | Don't use a custom framebuffer. |
What do you mean by custom framebuffer? Where would I be specifying that to begin with? Also, I didn't have this problem with the older nvidia-kernel so it must be something to do with that, not my BIOS or kernel.
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j79zlr
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| Do the older drivers work fine? I have a 6600 and a 7950 both with the 100.14.11 drivers and they both work perfectly with a framebuffer. I am keeping the .19 drivers masked until I know that the video corruption issues have been resolved. |
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Hwoarang
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gentlemen we have new nvidia drivers 100.14.23  |
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kmare
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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The 100.14.23 are beta and while they fix a few bugs, the video corruption is still there. Hopefully a new driver with fixes (video corruption included) and features will be out soon, mostly to support the new 8800GT (at least that's what i read on the nvidia forums).
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CombinedEffort
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Just installed nvidia-drivers-100.14.19 and it totally smegged my system - just spent the last hour rebuilding my RAID after a hard lock >:(
Anyhoo, symptoms were X running at 100% and a subsequent slowdown of the whole system - playback in MythTV stuttering too. Rolled back to nvidia-drivers-100.14.09 and it's fine again. Shame, as I wanted to try 2.6.23 and it doesn't look like
nvidia-drivers-100.14.09 plays with that...
I guess I'll want to another release to come out...
Cheers,
Rich
/FWIW, running Dual-Headed X with 2 PCI-E GeForce 7300 GS.
//FTW! |
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jcat
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Seems like 100.14.19 and 100.14.23 aer both a bit scetchy, I had an X lockup last night with 100.14.23.
FYI CombinedEffort:
No reason why 100.14.19 won't work on 2.6.23 kernel AFAIK. Did you restore older nvidia-drivers from a binary backup, or re-compile? Also, just make sure you /usr/src/linux link is correct 
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CombinedEffort
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| jcat wrote: |
FYI CombinedEffort:
No reason why 100.14.19 won't work on 2.6.23 kernel AFAIK. Did you restore older nvidia-drivers from a binary backup, or re-compile? Also, just make sure you /usr/src/linux link is correct :)
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Sorry, to clarify:
2.6.22-r7 + 100.14.09 = stable
2.6.22-r7 + 100.14.19 = unstable
2.6.23 + 100.14.09 = nvidia drivers errored on compile.
2.6.23 + 100.14.19 = unstable
I recompiled the nvidia drivers in each instance, repointing the /usr/src/linux symlink as necessary. But no biggee - I don't think there is anything in either 2.6.23 or 100.14.19 I'm desperate for...
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Rich. |
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jonnevers
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| CombinedEffort wrote: | | 100.14.19 I'm desperate for... |
lot of compiz bug fixes, like the fix for the black window bug.
2.6.23-kamikaze5 + 100.14.19 for me here is stable. |
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rawbeefman
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| For some reason my nForce630a chipset is not being recognized with the 100.14.19 drivers. My 7050 video works fine though. Is this motherboard specific or does everyone get this behavior? Judging by the nvidia website the 100.14.23 drivers will not fix this. Anyone know anything? Will a BIOS update help? |
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