From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-76444-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1JWsYY-0005f0-2M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:17:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56CD1E048A; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:17:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.231]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33627E048A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:17:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 76so1985878wra.10 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:17:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ARLY//QJcHHpbUEHPZCaAQqRVzvUjOFHHycmJVkkg8E=; b=gBZPGnX9JTxP/saxBk+f6AGq1blg9ZIzrhY3lKkMx81UxAlS0u+Z2LjAXmcgx3SEKPMcXf8ldn8xiPimOexn2JvKg/+blqJHZET/SPVubDyQx+myGn85zSRtu/0KYrTeYilqwKzP+z+dJQj6ywhQJlzYqBGycaTWbMUzRIP55ME= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=drwEy1xwPeenrab5Svl3nHGyqijq/D2HzaQKXScVexr83L2hmMEiuVtyUo7YtGd57VDRY7Z8UT4Qdqyzl1ASGp1Cnb60nAYyGPANCkwYUx3+SpAmv/oRyv+aMjvOHXnCaV+9odGvUedcj3lSg9fXhlKLReoEfYL68BBEJ8B7ccE= Received: by 10.65.139.9 with SMTP id r9mr5795893qbn.71.1204719423379; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:17:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.220.3 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 04:17:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1bd893420803050417j27494b6epea617da5c5e052b1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:17:03 +0100 From: "Henry Gebhardt" <hsggebhardt@googlemail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back? In-Reply-To: <BRAKAvq3UhQCAIx06wS000003f3@mx1.lockdownnetworks.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47CE060A.20600@bellsouth.net> <BRAKAvq3UhQCAIx06wS000003f3@mx1.lockdownnetworks.com> X-Archives-Salt: 9b425780-b866-4368-a566-bfa91bde8c6b X-Archives-Hash: 63a40e8ed3b8cb22f1a894eda2fa7fa4 Hi, On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@daevid.com> wrote: > > > >> I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05. > > >> Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen. > > >> > > > This driver is NOT working with my card. > > Okay I followed the Wiki as instructed to the letter. Same EXACT problem. It > all seems to go fine, but I get a black screen when X starts. Not like a > back-lit one either. Like "power off" black. I know X is running, I can see > the processes, and it doesn't seem locked up either. I just can't see > anything. I also have a nVidia 440 Go with the same problem. I fixed by including the line Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" in the "Screen" section of /etc/X11/xorg.xonf. However, now I can't use an external Monitor/Beamer. > > Thanks for the ideas, I think it's just this P.O.S. card and the fact that > nVidia is screwing me by not supporting it anymore in these later drivers. > Not sure why Willie's works though. That is curious, hopeful and frustrating > at the same time. I think nVidia is to blame! It once worked flawlessly. Regards, Henry -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list