From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PqNhh-0006L6-07 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:36:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CDE97E0517; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894E7E0517 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-100-42.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.100.42]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p1IAZIAr022605 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:35:20 -0600 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p1IAZFHj014728 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:35:18 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] monitor acting strangely when gdm starts X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.2.1 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:35:15 -0500 Message-ID: <14727.1298025315@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: a4772376594280756590e965193e55cc Hi. I have a Nvidia GeFORCE 8400 gs and when I am using the text console and frame buffer (uvesafb) things are OK, but when I start gdm, the monitor acts as though it was disconnected altogether. It works under Windows through a KVM, so I am pretty sure the monitor is OK, but I don't understand what happens when gdm starts. I have Nvidia-drivers-260.19.36 but even some earlier versions I try give the same result. Is my card going or what? Any ideas would be appreciated. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com