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Sep 13, 2004, 8:57 AM

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nvidia

Hello, I emerged nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel, and am having a small
annoying problem with it.
The fact is, once I get to graphics mode, I can no longer get back to console.
If I try to switch to a console (ctrl-alt-f1, for example), or when I
shut X down, all I get is a garbled screen, with pink and white lines.
Does anyone else have experienced glitches with nvidia drivers as
well? Kernel here is 2.6.7-r13.

Thanks

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mark at brier

Sep 13, 2004, 8:59 AM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

Quoting Bruno Lustosa <bruno.lists [at] gmail>:

> If I try to switch to a console (ctrl-alt-f1, for example), or when I
> shut X down, all I get is a garbled screen, with pink and white lines.
> Does anyone else have experienced glitches with nvidia drivers as
> well? Kernel here is 2.6.7-r13.

Hi, I use Nvidia and a 2.6 kernel. I had previously had probs with an older ver
of the kernel, but now I use 2.6.8 and everything seems to be fine. If you
serach the gentoo forums, you'll notice a few peeps complaining of the same
problems.

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norberto+gentoo-user at bensa

Sep 13, 2004, 8:59 AM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

Bruno Lustosa wrote:
> The fact is, once I get to graphics mode, I can no longer get back to
> console.

If you're running a FB console try disabling it.

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mark at brier

Sep 13, 2004, 9:00 AM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

Quoting Norberto Bensa <norberto+gentoo-user [at] bensa>:

> Bruno Lustosa wrote:
> > The fact is, once I get to graphics mode, I can no longer get back to
> > console.
>
> If you're running a FB console try disabling it.
>

Good point, use a normal console, and you should have no probs.

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bruno.lists at gmail

Sep 13, 2004, 9:04 AM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:59:45 -0300, Norberto Bensa
<norberto+gentoo-user [at] bensa> wrote:
> Bruno Lustosa wrote:
> > The fact is, once I get to graphics mode, I can no longer get back to
> > console.
>
> If you're running a FB console try disabling it.

hehe... no framebuffer here, but I'll try the 2.6.8 kernel.

Thank you!

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calvin.walton at gmail

Sep 13, 2004, 4:32 PM

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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:59:45 -0300, Norberto Bensa
<norberto+gentoo-user [at] bensa> wrote:
> Bruno Lustosa wrote:
> > The fact is, once I get to graphics mode, I can no longer get back to
> > console.
>
> If you're running a FB console try disabling it.

And if you're not running a framebuffer console, try the vesa framebuffer.
Under no circumstances use the "riva" framebuffer in the kernel - it
causes problems like this.

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bruno.lists at gmail

Sep 14, 2004, 6:30 AM

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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:32:57 -0400, Calvin Walton
<calvin.walton [at] gmail> wrote:
> And if you're not running a framebuffer console, try the vesa framebuffer.
> Under no circumstances use the "riva" framebuffer in the kernel - it
> causes problems like this.

Ok, one more thing to try. I have used the rivafb on another machine
of mine, worked pretty good until I start X. Then, the console goes
bye bye.
However, it's really cool to be able to get a 1920x1440 framebuffer
console just to watch 'bb'. No other real use though.

Thanks

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tonywebman at telusplanet

Sep 14, 2004, 7:49 AM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

I have a similar problem in that when I logout of kde I can't get back
to the console, all I get is a black screen. It's as if the X server is
not exiting properly. Can you explain how I would disable a framebuffer
console if indeed you believe this to be the problem?

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On 14-Sep-04, at 7:30 AM, Bruno Lustosa wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:32:57 -0400, Calvin Walton
> <calvin.walton [at] gmail> wrote:
>> And if you're not running a framebuffer console, try the vesa
>> framebuffer.
>> Under no circumstances use the "riva" framebuffer in the kernel - it
>> causes problems like this.
>
> Ok, one more thing to try. I have used the rivafb on another machine
> of mine, worked pretty good until I start X. Then, the console goes
> bye bye.
> However, it's really cool to be able to get a 1920x1440 framebuffer
> console just to watch 'bb'. No other real use though.
>
> Thanks
>
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> Bruno Lustosa, aka Lofofora | Email: bruno [at] lustosa
> Network Administrator/Web Programmer | ICQ: 1406477
> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil |
>
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>

bruno.lists at gmail

Sep 14, 2004, 7:54 AM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:49:11 -0600, Tony W. <tonywebman [at] telusplanet> wrote:
> I have a similar problem in that when I logout of kde I can't get back
> to the console, all I get is a black screen. It's as if the X server is
> not exiting properly. Can you explain how I would disable a framebuffer
> console if indeed you believe this to be the problem?

You can try X with a text console in the following way:
1. boot your machine
2. if you're using lilo, keep "shift" pressed until it stops at the
"LILO: " prompt. if you're using grub, see the docs, I don't use it
and don't know how to pass parameters to the kernel
3. type "linux vga=normal", if your kernel image is named "linux". You
can check this by pressing tab twice
4. this should get you to a text console.

If this doesn't help, I think you might need to recompile the kernel,
disabling the framebuffer.

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sebastiaan.samyn at pandora

Sep 14, 2004, 1:20 PM

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Re: nvidia [In reply to]

ok, this solves it temporary, but to just stop booting w/fb you have to
edit /etc/lilo.conf. There should be a line saying "vga=<some number>",
change this to "vga=normal".

Again, for grub --> see docs (it is the same parameter on a different spot I
think)...

succes,
Sebastiaan

On dinsdag 14 september 2004 14:54, Bruno Lustosa wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:49:11 -0600, Tony W. <tonywebman [at] telusplanet>
wrote:
> I have a similar problem in that when I logout of kde I can't get back
> to the console, all I get is a black screen. It's as if the X server is
> not exiting properly. Can you explain how I would disable a framebuffer
> console if indeed you believe this to be the problem?

You can try X with a text console in the following way:
1. boot your machine
2. if you're using lilo, keep "shift" pressed until it stops at the
"LILO: " prompt. if you're using grub, see the docs, I don't use it
and don't know how to pass parameters to the kernel
3. type "linux vga=normal", if your kernel image is named "linux". You
can check this by pressing tab twice
4. this should get you to a text console.

If this doesn't help, I think you might need to recompile the kernel,
disabling the framebuffer.

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