From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3DA198005 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0089121C0C9; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail130c7.megamailservers.com (mail130c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D2F321C0AE for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:15:47 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail130c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r1MAFjBN018071 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:15:46 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DA1222007CA; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:15:45 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:15:45 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130222101545.GE8874@syscon7.inet> References: <20130222073458.GA9266@syscon7.inet> <20130222082410.GA9042@syscon7.inet> <51272E0D.7020607@gmail.com> <20130222090737.GC15229@syscon7.inet> <20130222092125.GA3889@syscon7.inet> <20130222093927.GC8874@syscon7.inet> <51273F3B.80904@st.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: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51273F3B.80904@st.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=70v/vKpQUlYr45Eb+pA0xJVAVY661uRa5yz3unDMZT4= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=Rp0jlMM6dWQA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=zmO2kfIQIXpfRv_fvyoA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.51274552.009F,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: db8be0aa-9d92-4719-bf1c-68f609592154 X-Archives-Hash: e414d2e5f9f3dff00a2b79fa3d7cd4af On 02/22/13 10:49, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >On 02/22/2013 10:39 AM, Joseph wrote: >> In addition I get the flooring errors in Xorg.0.log >> >> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE >> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. >> [ 288.401] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER >> [ 313.863] (EE) >> [ 313.863] (EE) Backtrace: >> [ 313.863] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x5979d6] >> [ 313.863] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x19b8c9) [0x59b8c9] >> [ 313.863] (EE) 2: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fdb5cc20000+0x10810) [0x7fdb5cc30810] >> [ 313.863] (EE) 3: /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x7fdb5b880000+0x136284) [0x7fdb5b9b6284] >> [ 313.863] (EE) 4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdb56fd8000+0x116fd3) [0x7fdb570eefd3] > >Did you also update the Nvidia driver when you updated the system? Maybe >the new Nvidia driver does not support your graphic board. > >I have a GeForce GT 520 box where I am stuck with nvidia-drivers-295.20 >because newer drivers segfault (even though officially they should >support the GT520). > >raffaele According to lspic I have: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450] (rev a1) So are you saying I should downgrade to 295.20? -- Joseph