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 C9D15198005 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF524E066E; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail119c7.megamailservers.com (mail119c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70649E0618 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:53:53 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail119c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r1NMrpVs027183 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:53:52 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B605E203D86; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:53:53 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:53:53 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130223225353.GB3256@syscon7.inet> References: <20130222061434.GA3566@syscon7.inet> <20130223073214.GA3444@syscon7.inet> <20130223085534.12b48031@digimed.co.uk> 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: <20130223085534.12b48031@digimed.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=a+A/LwnboRtF0YoECdU3S0gDGgFgKEZYRf+D0g6YxRY= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=UYYG23-DUk4A:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=Ikd4Dj_1AAAA:8 a=-Dbq2bUjhcarArfEucIA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=W164SZs_tDkA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.51294880.0091,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 2c6f97b1-4768-4d9f-9eb8-b789d8ead910 X-Archives-Hash: 0b5ffc990d5567f239556d640920c23f On 02/23/13 08:55, Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:32:15 -0700, Joseph wrote: > >> 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 > >Have you tried the nouveau drivers? The 3D may not be as fast but the >kernel incompatibilities disappear. > > >-- >Neil Bothwick According to Nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-310.32-driver.html) the latest stable driver for my card GeForce GTS 450 is: 310.32 This driver works with kernel-3.1.6 but not with latest 3.6.11 I'm trying to setup dual driver as nvidia and nouveau as a backup. -- Joseph