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 2CBDF13800E for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:42:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A324E0810; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3364E067D for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:40:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl3 with SMTP id l3so10039514yen.40 for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:40:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iTXye9wDFypFqzqs5NPyjXbJAnwFe8EdBlz4NP4FQpI=; b=adwO/S6z38EnhnYRZUgln4lyHX8aAiWP7Zoc7NeKDqmo81DcyOcyoeVRqNB+fzQmIA R7Z+XgVmKh9DRPNLzxBUJHdESqYZbyyL4xTqpJVABrAIYUeRMfa+tKW705AucF7Fbnjv rFH96tVxaLaXDoDsVG7rABoaM9Zqj14umqEr7DX5JcODWT15n6CuckrfM/UTzXI0k6vN pTXs7TSvIbQVIx/4D8aoacWdTo2zGAbMo7YLZCuWC8EtnBAW/8Xubdz8tJ/oAlLIdKaL MNMG/Qi7FL9yLTKbx5gQ/vkSeA2bHlEcopiISL43SyniAvsqOTNbN4oyanOQnoe614EZ rHdw== Received: by 10.60.7.104 with SMTP id i8mr39730144oea.31.1343940050314; Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.254] (ip70-173-7-31.lv.lv.cox.net. [70.173.7.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a9sm7049355obp.14.2012.08.02.13.40.49 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:40:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <501AE5CB.8030300@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:40:43 -0700 From: Willie Matthews User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120629 Thunderbird/13.0 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 To: Gentoo Mailing List Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: I am tired of this one. References: <501ADE89.7010901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <501ADE89.7010901@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d1ad35bb-ac9e-4d23-b5b7-6ded0a9a1a55 X-Archives-Hash: 8381966bd40f38643cc93f8af1a7cfea On 08/02/12 13:09, Willie Matthews wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. I have two nVidia > video cards, one is a PNY 8400 GS PCIe and the other is a 6150 LE built > onto the board. > > Problem is I want to use the nVidia driver with my 8400 GS but when I do > try to use it, it will just lock up the entire computer. Sometime I can > ssh in and sometimes I can't. I don't have compiz or anything like that. > I am using the xfce compositor. > > While I do get to use the card for about 30 seconds to a minute, I can't > open the nVidia X Server Settings panel, display panel nor anything that > has to do with flash in chrome. > > A couple of the things that I have noticed about the Xorg Log is that > the 8400 GS is reported as having 512mb or video memory when I know it > is only 256. The 6150 is reported as having 256 and I am not sure how > much that one is using. I have a feeling it is shared. > > When I am using the 6150 LE and I have the 8400 GS in also. The nVidia X > Server Setting also says the same amounts of video memory. > > I haven been using this install of Gentoo for years now. The only thing > that has changed in that time that has to do with Video Cards is Cuda. I > use to use it a little for experiments. All in all the 6150 doesn't > support Cuda and the 8400 GS does. > > Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. > I just learned about the command nvidia-smi. 8400 GS 256mb of ram 6150 LE has 64mb. Either way X thinks that the 6150 has more than it really does and the same goes for the 8400. Must not be the reason X is crashing on one and not the other. -- Willie Matthews matthews.willie@gmail.com