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 510C2198005 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:39:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C2EFE068E; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:39:32 +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 038EDE065A for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:39:30 +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 r1O3dSv8002442 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:39:30 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7D193203DCD; Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:39:31 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:39:31 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130224033931.GA3200@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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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=+PIAiWNsXfbSO+KefjDTIelYECyt3IQLxM6M9Svpvew= 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=zmO2kfIQIXpfRv_fvyoA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=W164SZs_tDkA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.51298B72.0031,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: 6374445d-9b47-4630-9f56-a986793b70c9 X-Archives-Hash: af9750ed49dff77e9efc122d91acfc4c 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 The official stable driver (certified by nvidia) for your card is the same one as for mine: 310.32 http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-310.32-driver.html Just unmask it and use it, it is working on my system OK with kernel 3.1.6 but, it will work with 3.8 as well (as just reported by Randolph Maaßen) -- Joseph