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 5757C13877A for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 762D8E086D; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8AB43E085A for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (d-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.158.174] (may be forged)) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s5K8wO9n026903 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:25 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s5K8wOtS031530 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:24 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] problem with nvidia card -- could it be hardware? X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:24 -0400 Message-ID: <31529.1403254704@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-s5K8wO9n026903 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 X-Archives-Salt: aaf75731-48f7-4bf1-b0bd-c85fb3bfe9a1 X-Archives-Hash: 6bf45bbdf2e7edf16d98ddf88e428d47 Hi. I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly within the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no screens found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping core and filling up my root partition. It works with my frame buffer, but no longer with gdm or even startx. So is this some kind of strange hardware glitch? I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but no joy. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com