On Wednesday 15 December 2010 10:26:16 Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 December 2010 10:03:58 Dale wrote: > >> Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >>> On 12/15/10 09:40:48, Dale wrote: > >>>> 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. > >>> > >>> Have you changed the kernel? The nvidia-drivers (as well as the ati- > >>> drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the kernel. > >>> Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel module > >>> and try again to startx. > >>> > >>> Helmut. > >> > >> Just to make sure I understand you correctly. You mean: > >> > >> cd /usr/src/linux > >> make all&& make modules_install > >> then cp the kernel to /boot ? > >> > >> That I didn't try. I knew if I updated the kernel I had to re-emerge > >> the nvidia-drivers but I didn't know it was the other way around too. > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > Dale, > > > > Easy to test if the nvidia-driver is loaded correctly. > > What does "dmesg" say when loading the nvidia module? > > > > Also, is "nvidia" listed in the following file: > > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 ? > > > > I don't have it there, for some reason it's "autoloaded", but it might > > help? > > > > -- > > Joost > > I confirmed with lsmod and even rmmod and modprobed it back in a few > times. Still no joy. I really think it is either the card or the > xorg.conf file. Thing is, when Mandriva failed to work, that makes me > wonder about the card. It was using the generic "nv" driver and it > still wouldn't work. > > Got to go take care of some medical issues. Back in a bit. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Dale, Rather then rebooting, did you shut down the whole machine, eg. power off and unplug power and then start it again? I have, in the past, had issues where a card wasn't being "reset" properly during a reboot and only a cold start would lead to correct behaviour. -- Joost Roeleveld
