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 245DF198005 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:43:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2288421C02D; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail129c7.megamailservers.com (mail129c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B9C621C003 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:42:48 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail129c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r1MCgkGS029761 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:42:47 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 92B07203B76; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:42:46 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:42:46 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130222124246.GA27163@syscon7.inet> References: <20130222082410.GA9042@syscon7.inet> <51272E0D.7020607@gmail.com> <20130222090737.GC15229@syscon7.inet> <20130222092125.GA3889@syscon7.inet> <20130222093927.GC8874@syscon7.inet> <51273F3B.80904@st.com> <20130222101545.GE8874@syscon7.inet> <512761E2.6030302@gmail.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: <512761E2.6030302@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=+oHwstg6vUCkZhaR4yAxxvc+RJAWPQAxmuq19kmmZEk= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=Rp0jlMM6dWQA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=Ikd4Dj_1AAAA:8 a=kWVaTsqjtlCNOOLdm74A:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=W164SZs_tDkA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020203.512767C7.00BD,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: b4231a8b-f3c0-45f4-b8f8-966eb5c6f41a X-Archives-Hash: ab7da017a663b396cdacd3fc4c3415bc On 02/22/13 06:17, Dale wrote: >Joseph wrote: >> 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? >> > >You may want to check out this page: > >http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-310.32-driver.html > >If I selected something incorrectly, you can just start the process over >in the upper left part of the page where it says drivers. > >Dale I went back to kernel-3.1.6 and the nvidia-driever-295.75 and 304.64 both working correctly. But when I go to kernel-3.5.7 the nvidia-drivers are not working. -- Joseph