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 1PqVYX-0000Gk-Rb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:59:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6968CE0441; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AFF4E0441 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so3800877wwi.10 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:58:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=zp2RYktM2TylrZ9LX7+OXCi00glBDSjJh8AXZNPGbdg=; b=UUyZWthPSdl1Srwxvj51p+MxBXqKPbrYmIYcN1qUxfSybqhVND5hcMm9N4MeCMpep3 B7AokPFJy0DzxempSAAw012Y9mJ/NAls1qhYKmGz9/nSNzLr4zu6NDMkD6/+Sq8wMDBu 2pobmfGCVvIx3XVAyGztLBHcm20+OP0lSoex0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=QHQ7yP2FI9KTOnbb2cSufnk0aHYRawNJxxdBdMjvbKbvs/hlEAAfPoq1tA7n8EUR+W KyreIBtQHc4enZkS+fbZkZ6rWn65snKuFThr+utHFWMPLnAtUrgQ7ZWs3+HNUegF8lG8 d2o1x43ZrD3b5/QmO0t6Y1WX+4lRHHMX1NS2o= Received: by 10.227.134.69 with SMTP id i5mr995719wbt.139.1298055502141; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:58:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f27sm1854467wbf.13.2011.02.18.10.58.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:58:20 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] monitor acting strangely when gdm starts Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:58:23 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36-gentoo-r5; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <14727.1298025315@ccs.covici.com> <201102181147.25923.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <22612.1298054263@ccs.covici.com> In-Reply-To: <22612.1298054263@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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4752011.iDiaRqlomT"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201102181858.34767.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c5725128d273e9150c7020a9b486bc5c --nextPart4752011.iDiaRqlomT Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 18 February 2011 18:37:43 covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Friday 18 February 2011 10:35:15 covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > 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 gd= m, > > > 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, b= ut > > > 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? > > >=20 > > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > >=20 > > Have you followed this? > >=20 > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml > >=20 > > and are you using KMS? >=20 > I have not changed the config from working to non-working -- if it will > help I can post it. I am not sure what kms is -- I use gnome as the > desktop. Have a more considered look at the link I've given. Check the kernel setti= ngs=20 proposed there and take note of the disabling of u/vesa drivers. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart4752011.iDiaRqlomT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk1ewVoACgkQVTDTR3kpaLa2XgCgnLU2dkmjY16aUKyj1spV+HYG 9TgAn3xq2ZbEhnSWt/yhA7nfWER8Caey =qNvO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4752011.iDiaRqlomT--