Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X

[Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 05:21:28PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote
>> Proprietary drivers work fine with 3.2.1. Haven't tried 3.2.12.
>
>  The proprietary driver partly works.  Static images (jpeg/gif/png/etc)
> are OK.  1080p HD Flash videos play fullscreen without stuttering.  But
> colours are way off on hue.  Faces are blue (no, this wasn't the "Avatar"
> trailer <G>).  Mplayer totally locks up the machine as soon as I start
> it.  I have to resort to Magic-Sysrq to bail out without forcing a major
> fsck.  Here are the card details from "lspci -v"...
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83c7
>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
>        Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>        Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>        Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
>        I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
>        [virtual] Expansion ROM at c0000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
>        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
>        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>        Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
>        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
>        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
>        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
>        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
>        Kernel modules: nvidia
>
> 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
>        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83c7
>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>        Memory at fcffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
>        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
>
>  I'm file-attaching the Xorg log and the xorg.conf, if they'll help.

Hm. Things to try.

eselect opengel set nvidia
eselect opencl set nvidia

revdep-rebuild # mplayer locking up the entire system is unusual, to
say the least.

The nvidia-drivers build should have screamed bloody murder if you had
any incompatible kernel options set (or required ones missing).

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:wq