[GRLUG] Nvidia [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x]

[Justin Denick]

Hmmm, that's a good question, I assume that it just does not work, as the
Xorg.0.log file claims that it cannot find any devices (the nvidia card),
however the <CTRL>-<ALT>-F7> screen is black.



On 2/22/06, Adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org> wrote:
>
> Does X simply not work, or does X hang with a black screen?
>
> I have the 'black screen' problem with my Nvidia card (Ubuntu Breezy
> (64bit), MSI motherboard, GeForce4 MX 440) and from what I've gathered,
> there's a lot you can tweak, but not a lot that works.
>
> You might be stuck with the NV driver for a while.
>
> Adam
>
> Justin Denick wrote:
>
> > Yes, it compiles and loads just fine.
> >
> > On 2/22/06, *Rick Vargo* <rick at vargo.org <mailto:rick at vargo.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Did you verify that the kernel module has actually loaded with
> lsmod?
> >
> >     Rick
> >
> >     Justin Denick wrote:
> >     > Hiya,
> >     >
> >     > I have tried to get this card to work, but for some reason it
> >     won't go.
> >     > Here's some info about the kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r5
> >     > CONFIG_MODULES=y
> >     > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
> >     > # CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set
> >     > # CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
> >     > CONFIG_MTRR=y
> >     > CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=y
> >     > # CONFIG_FB is not set
> >     > # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
> >     > # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
> >     >
> >     > I am running :
> >     > X11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6
> >     > x11-base/opengl-update-3.0.0
> >     > nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r3
> >     > sys-fs/udev-084
> >     >
> >     > The module compiles cleanly and even loads. Though it did not
> >     create the
> >     > /dev/nvidia* nodes, so I have to run the NVmakedevices.sh at boot.
> >     > This creates all of the needed nodes but doesn't seem to help.
> >     >
> >     > The BIOS is set to use only the AGP slot and not the onboard
> video.
> >     > The card works fine using the "nv" driver.
> >     >
> >     > Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated.
> >     >
> >     >
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