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 43033198005 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:32:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B771121C011; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:32:19 +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 B012FE045E for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:32:17 +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 r1N7WFVs010253 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:32:16 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2B51C203D83; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:32:15 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:32:15 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130223073214.GA3444@syscon7.inet> References: <20130222061434.GA3566@syscon7.inet> 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: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=+PIAiWNsXfbSO+KefjDTIelYECyt3IQLxM6M9Svpvew= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=UYYG23-DUk4A:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=wigQ3UBR3Rgd_xo4Lu4A:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020202.51287080.00E3,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 82ff69be-7608-4681-92cb-df1eb2dd2ebc X-Archives-Hash: 8628d086969d10ade06c43ac32a59f14 On 02/23/13 07:24, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >On 22/02/13 08:14, Joseph wrote: >> I just upgraded system including kernel to 3.5.7 because of udev-197 >> Now I have a blank screen, not even console login (I can only access is >> via ssh) > >With NVidia, it is usually a good idea to at least use the latest stable >gentoo-sources. So you should use 3.7.9. Also, it *is* a good idea to >keyword the latest NVidia driver that's considered stable by NVidia, not >by Gentoo. That would be 313.18. > >So update to gentoo-sources-3.7.9 and nvidia-drivers-313.18. And make >sure you do (as root): > > eselect opencl set nvidia > eselect opengl set nvidia I'm starting to have serious doubts in Nvidia (those binary drivers are piece of crap). My system just freeze after one day; I went back to nvidia-dirvers-295.75 -- Joseph