> -----Original Message----- > From: Volker Armin Hemmann > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:13 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card from geforce > 6600 to geforce 8600... > > On Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008, Budd, Tracy wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Volker Armin Hemmann > > > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:42 PM > > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card from > geforce 6600 to > > > geforce 8600... > > > > > > On Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008, Budd, Tracy wrote: > > > > I recompiled nvidia-drivers, but when I tried running X, I > > > > > > got a blank > > > > > > > screen. > > > > > > > > Couldn't get back to the console. > > > > > > > > I suspect this is something simple, but I don't know what it is. > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > any information is appreciated. > > > > > > Usually, you don't need to do anything when switching the cards. > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > > > Thank you for the reply. > > > > That is what I thought too, which is why I am confused. > > > > I get a "no signal found" message on the monitor when I run X now. > > Never had any problem with the old card. > > Don't seem to have any graphics problems in windoz either. > > Very puzzling. > > could you please post your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log? > > and make sure that there aren't any 'backup' xorg.confs in > /root or /tmp ... > > This is my xorg.conf for a 8600 and a 1680x1050 tft: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout0" > Screen 0 "Screen0" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/lib64/X11/rgb" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > Load "glx" > Load "evdev" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "evdev" > # Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > # Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" > # Option "Buttons" "14" > # Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > # Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "Resolution" "800" > > Option "Name" "Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse" > Option "evBits" "+1-2" > Option "keyBits" "~272-287" > Option "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8" > > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "evdev" > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "evdev" > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 > 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 > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > I got home and realized that I don't know how to get the xorg.conf file off of that machine without running an email client from X, so I looked through the Xorg.0.log file and saw that it contained no errors, but it died trying to load glx. Do I have to recompile glx or something?
I can handcopy the xorg.conf to another machine, so I could do that this weekend, if there is not something obvious from the glx failure. Thanks in advance. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
