From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-145476-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 430A2198005 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:53:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C027A21C02D; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f52.google.com (mail-qa0-f52.google.com [209.85.216.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2371E21C003 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:53:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id bs12so354236qab.4 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:53:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=BM9yqIOymrem0Cg3sfNWS5NjFDuVgsSqOveb6fcfJCg=; b=AARbMR5nYDGCitmCIcxiBobIqStzfa+6tcZBdrxHoZWk3FyR5DeXOskFpEhn2fHMCe UzIM1b9MU0rxPBJwFWBxMEXcLzXJebR5rdQtr9DJDqBa0NZm2VzPptkMb8LgIBCDWNEl BHP9q3VAuFquRKXzYFK1Ik3t5IFNvSwyr3iLBRUkRqCP6qpsxxNUeYD2KRVUQ/51eHSo OHFc9DBZeXD+qWTaP910m6wypVd2HS9TRqIxTudLlhterZE3v423rE02mVhK1nvyL7/4 zvFJFRFCDo538WNveFrqmBFrED0vEWZJtQnIK0dyYb6r0ysIdzJo1gsp1K5acBBDKF6o 1ROQ== X-Received: by 10.49.26.35 with SMTP id i3mr284653qeg.12.1361537610350; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:53:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-108-67.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.108.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g6sm2000075qav.6.2013.02.22.04.53.28 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:53:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <51276A48.60100@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:53:28 -0600 From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 SeaMonkey/2.15.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display References: <20130222082410.GA9042@syscon7.inet> <51272E0D.7020607@gmail.com> <CA+SjqJeBeU1y=QVph_C-k1M2pm77AdAu0jLwAoeB1hf-w0qoBg@mail.gmail.com> <20130222090737.GC15229@syscon7.inet> <CA+SjqJeN2=OU=CWQ9CbVYs1jY9BG0Bzt9GVojo0vRQonb3BqCA@mail.gmail.com> <20130222092125.GA3889@syscon7.inet> <20130222093927.GC8874@syscon7.inet> <51273F3B.80904@st.com> <20130222101545.GE8874@syscon7.inet> <512761E2.6030302@gmail.com> <20130222124246.GA27163@syscon7.inet> In-Reply-To: <20130222124246.GA27163@syscon7.inet> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5626f87e-4028-4ba0-bb9d-fd9ce687058e X-Archives-Hash: 247819c3df93fd9385a75a249ab1d562 Joseph wrote: > On 02/22/13 06:17, Dale wrote: >> >> You may want to check out this page: >> >> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-310.32-driver.html >> >> If I selected something incorrectly, you can just start the process over >> in the upper left part of the page where it says drivers. >> >> Dale > > I went back to kernel-3.1.6 and the nvidia-driever-295.75 and 304.64 > both working correctly. But when I go to kernel-3.5.7 the > nvidia-drivers are not working. > Looks like you need to avoid that kernel version. I would try 3.7.8 or something. I wouldn't use the 3.8 just yet. There was another thread about it having some sort of changes and the nvidia drivers *may* not be ready. At least you have a screen to look at now. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!