Daevid Vincent wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Willie Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:41 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get the
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776-r1 back?
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 01:57:56PM -0800, Penguin Lover
Daevid Vincent squawked:
So this page finally loaded today:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Video_Card_Support_Under_XGL#nVidia
And it says:
Please do as you are told and read the OFFICIAL gentoo website?
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
Which clearly states:
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Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x
drivers. For these cards, you should mask
=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.00
in your /etc/portage/package.mask file. This will prevent newer
versions of the driver which are incompatible with your card
from being
installed.
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This information is also found on nVidia's website.
I have the (almost) exact same card as you do. It should not be a problem.
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
nvidia.com suggests using 96.43.05
And, as I already posted twice now...
I emerge again, and it gives me 96.43.05.
Now when I start X, I have a blank/black screen.
This driver is NOT working with my card.
Perhaps I need to wipe out all the files (which ones?) or something and
re-install it again, but I guarantee it's doing exactly as I said it is.
Black screen when X starts.
I'm curious if you have XGL working with it. I had it working in Ubuntu
prior to the current release which broke it (I tripple boot). So I know the
card is cabable of it. I just never got it working in Gentoo.
Have you looked in /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what is not working? Also
look in /var/log/kdm.log to see if there is any errors in there. You
may have other files that may have a error message that will give clues
as to what is not working.
May help to post those as well. even the commands like "cat
/var/log/kdm.log | grep EE" and "cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE" may
provide some info.
Also, try lsmod to see if the module is even loading at all. I know
sometimes my nvidia does not load when I update the kernel.
These are just ideas but may be worth a try.
Dale
:-) :-) :-)
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