Hi again,
For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia GT220
card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG W2253, and
it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around and when
I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and I can
see the services start up as well but when it switches to vt7, it just
has a little blinking cursor at the top.
This is a grep of the log:
r...@smoker / # cat /media/disk/files/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
[ 2081.047] Current Operating System: Linux fireball 2.6.36-gentoo-r4
#15 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 13 01:15:13 CST 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2081.048] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 2081.057] (EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 2081.057] (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 2082.101] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to obtain a shared memory
identifier: Function not
[ 2082.101] (EE) NVIDIA(0): implemented
[ 2082.118] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not
exist, 0)
[ 2082.120] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA
X driver not found)
r...@smoker / #
I have tried X -configure, Xorg -configure and nvidia-xconfig and none
of them do any better. I also did a emerge -e all the way up to
nvidia-driver as well then reconfiged everything. Still no joy. I'm
not going to mention all the reinstalls of the nvidia drivers and
different versions I tried.
I attached my xorg.conf file too. I can send the whole xorg.log file if
needed. Oh, I always get the dri load error. I also used eselect to
switch to nvidia's opengl to, many times.
Could it be something weird with the card maybe? This is monitor two
that has issues with it.
I have a ATI card handy. If someone knows of a idiot proof guide I
could follow. You know, one that you used and are confident it will
work if followed. I don't have much hair left right now. :-(
Just for fun, I got a Mandriva install CD and booted it up and even
installed it on a spare drive. After the install, it boots just like
Gentoo does. I can see the BIOS, the services and such but when it
switches to vt7, just a blinking cursor.
This new rig is turning into a nightmare. No wonder I waited almost 8
years. lol
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions, other than jumping in the creek.
Dale
:-) :-)
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 260.19.26
(buildmeis...@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Mon Nov 29 01:13:31 PST
2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection