Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-24 Thread Mark Allums
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Thanks. I am having this problem on my home network server/gateway. So, I am trying to keep deviation from stable release to minimal. Since I have 86xx, I cannot use nvidia-glx from stable distribution. I will have to go to either lenny or get it from nvidia

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-24 Thread Mark Allums
Mark Allums wrote: Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: I am having issues with my new video card MSI 8600GT. Xorg fires up properly and everything is fine as long as I am within X. The moment I try to switch one of the VCs (c-a-f1/2 etc) or exit X, all I get is blank screen and no response from

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-24 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
It is good to know you also have a 8600GT. It makes me feel a bit more confident that nvidia blob will drop in without much hassle. I don't care if it is free or not. If it is well known and is available from reputable place non-free/binary ok on special cases. Did you simply install nvida

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-24 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
No screen savers or BOINC - nothing special. Usual server stuff stock kernel/samba/nfs/amd etc. I use xset +dpms every night at 11pm and remove it at 8am in the morning. Ramesh Mark Allums wrote: Mark Allums wrote: Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: I am having issues with my new video card

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-24 Thread Jeff Soules
Me-too here -- I am also running an 8600GT using the nvidia driver. I installed it using their way after the Debian way wasn't working for a while. (I also had blank screens with the nv driver, though I could just never get X to launch at all; the whole system froze using that driver for me).

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-24 Thread Mark Allums
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: It is good to know you also have a 8600GT. It makes me feel a bit more confident that nvidia blob will drop in without much hassle. I don't care if it is free or not. If it is well known and is available from reputable place non-free/binary ok on special cases.

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-23 Thread Mark Allums
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: I am having issues with my new video card MSI 8600GT. Xorg fires up properly and everything is fine as long as I am within X. The moment I try to switch one of the VCs (c-a-f1/2 etc) or exit X, all I get is blank screen and no response from KB/mouse etc. Soon the

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-23 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
Thanks. I am having this problem on my home network server/gateway. So, I am trying to keep deviation from stable release to minimal. Since I have 86xx, I cannot use nvidia-glx from stable distribution. I will have to go to either lenny or get it from nvidia (latest/nonstandard) Which is less

Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-22 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
I am having issues with my new video card MSI 8600GT. Xorg fires up properly and everything is fine as long as I am within X. The moment I try to switch one of the VCs (c-a-f1/2 etc) or exit X, all I get is blank screen and no response from KB/mouse etc. Soon the monitor goes into power save.

Re: Xorg - nv - 8600GT blank screen problem.

2008-10-22 Thread en0f
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: I am having issues with my new video card MSI 8600GT. Xorg fires up properly and everything is fine as long as I am within X. The moment I try to switch one of the VCs (c-a-f1/2 etc) or exit X, all I get is blank screen and no response from KB/mouse etc. Soon the