> > What happens if you change to the "nv" driver?
It works normally. Here's the relevant bit in the xorg log: [ 21.365] (II) LoadModule: "nv" [ 21.365] (II) Loading /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so [ 21.380] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 21.380] compiled for 1.12.2, module version = 2.1.18 [ 21.380] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 21.380] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0 [ 21.380] (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128 ... long list of Nvidia cards [ 21.386] (--) NV: Found NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT at 03@00:00:0 > For some reason the nouveux driver is not recognizing your card. What > does lspci say about your video HW? 01:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 01b3 (rev a3) 02:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 01b3 (rev a3) 02:01.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 01b3 (rev a3) 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8700M GT] (rev a1) > Armin suggests I make some upgrades. Guess I should go ahead and try that. jb. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page