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From: <wabenbau@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] black screen on boot when udevevents are processed
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:46:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150901234602.3263a3c1@hal9000.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878u8qov68.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de>

lee <lee@yagibdah.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting a black screen during booting, with the last message I can
> see being that udevevents are being processed.
> 
> This happens with an NVIDIA GTX770 connected to a 4k display via a
> display port cable, and only when the monitor is configured to use
> display port 1.2 rather than 1.1.  With 1.1, I can get only 30Hz
> refresh rate, so I want to use 1.2, which should allow 60.
> 
> Installed are nvidia-drivers 343.36.
> 
> Do I need a very special display port cable for this, or what might
> the issue?  Both the graphics card and the monitor should be able to
> do the full resolution at 60Hz just fine.

You need a DP cable that is able to handle a resolution of 4k@60Hz. Not
all DP cables can do this. But if you use the cable that is delivered
with your monitor, it should work for all resolutions/refresh rates as 
long as it is not broken.

Sorry, but I can't say anything about the rest of your questions.

--
Regards
wabe


  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-01 21:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-01 18:23 [gentoo-user] black screen on boot when udevevents are processed lee
2015-09-01 21:46 ` wabenbau [this message]
2015-09-01 22:29   ` lee
2015-09-02  1:15     ` wabenbau
2015-09-29 17:58       ` lee
2015-09-29 19:13         ` wabenbau
2015-09-29 23:47           ` lee
2015-10-03 18:17             ` lee
2015-09-02  1:29     ` Fernando Rodriguez

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