Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 2:13 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > <SNIP> > > I've tried to use nvidia-settings but the man page is like Greek. > The one thing I did figure out, -q all. On my main rig, it spits out > TONS of info. On the new rig, it just says something like no display > found or something. It's like two lines, maybe one. > > > > Had several interruptions so managed to try Kubuntu "Try" option. > It comes up just fine, correct resolution, plasma is working and all. > I'm attaching the Xorg log from Kubuntu. > > > > Maybe the Kubuntu log will shed some light. > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > OK, so if Kubuntu comes up and runs stable for an hour or two then I > don't think it's your new rig or monitor. > > I have a suspicion that Kubuntu booted and loaded the Open Source > driver and not the nvidia driver, but that's just a guess. However, if > that's the case then you can almost certainly use whatever Kubuntu has > used as far as drivers and an xorg.conf file and see if that helps > with your Gentoo issues. Once you get Gentoo working with the Open > Source driver then you could investigate using nvidia's. > > If you have time to let the machine soak awhile then I'd consider a > reboot into Kubuntu and then take a look at what drivers are loaded > using lsmod. There will likely be a huge list. I have a 2 year old > machine that's not unlike your new machine (yours is slightly more > powerful I think) but the list of drivers loaded is just huge. However > it works, and once you get it going with lots of drivers you can then > rebuild things with them in the kernel if you want to. > > Anyway, look at lsmod and report back. Here's mine running Kubuntu, > and I have no xorg.conf but it runs fine with 3 monitors. > > mark@science2:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia > nvidia_uvm 1789952 0 > nvidia_drm 90112 16 > nvidia_modeset 1314816 39 nvidia_drm > nvidia 56827904 1890 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset > video 73728 2 asus_wmi,nvidia_modeset > mark@science2:~$ > > Good luck, > Mark
I think the rig and video card are fine. I did try a different card and version of nvidia drivers once tho. Same thing. At first, I tried the nouveau drivers. All the bootable media uses that driver. When I tried it on my install, it was very slow and the mouse pointer was very jerky. It was horrible. I removed those drivers and installed nvidia. Sadly, things got worse. I'll boot into Kubuntu again and see what info it has. The ones I attached tho is all there was. Either it doesn't have those files or the files were blank. I think Xorg and messages was all there was. I'm out of steam. May boot Kubuntu and let it sit while I nap. It worked for several minutes last time tho. It seemed to work fine. Very fast too, unlike on my install. Dale :-) :-)
