From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GZd07-0003gm-H6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:40:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9H0c2PD022257; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:38:02 GMT Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9H0Zuvx005446 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:35:56 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.172.106]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <20061017003555.QYKA10262.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:35:55 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:35:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:35:55 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help! Xorg broken! Message-ID: <20061017003555.GA5829@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <28107049.1161042131647.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28107049.1161042131647.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: 769150ce-2ec7-4316-b03b-50e65bdafd56 X-Archives-Hash: 305a39192a27f2c3f2aa576ee09bf7d3 061016 Jeff Cranmer wrote: > I am running gentoo kernel 2.6.15-r1 > I recently updated xorg, and installed the new nvidia-drivers package. > Xorg now appears to be horribly broken. > The nvidia splash screen appears, then it faults out back to the command line. I've had no problem with Xorg-x11 7.1 + Nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774 . I'm using Kernel 2.6.18 , so the 1st thing to try is a kernel update. Make sure you check the ACPI section when configuring it & recompile the Nvidia drivers for the new kernel. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list