On May 15, 2016 9:37 PM, "walt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 21:03:19 -0400 > [email protected] wrote: > > > Answers in line. > > > > walt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:43:51 -0400 > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unable to use > > > > gnome and even gdm. I am using the gnome overlay and I am using > > > > unstable gentoo and nvidia drivers. I get a blank screen when I > > > > start gdm, orca just comes up, but there is nothing on the screen. > > > > > > > > I am using version 355.11-r4 of the nvidia drivers, if I use any > > > > later version I get modeset errors and sometimes system > > > > crashes. I waited a while because I thought that if some > > > > packages got upgraded that would fix the problem, since things > > > > used to work, but its still dead as a doornail, so any > > > > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > > > Well, I'll go through my usual checklist while you wait for a > > > helpful reply :) > > > > > > If you use startx instead of gdm do you still see nothing? > > > startx did not work, it tried to do startx on the wrong console. > > You could try this (depending on which console you're using): > > startx -- tty01 (when I try tty02 I get 'no screens defined' error) > > I have the mate overlay installed and most of it works extremely well, > but I see little quirks here and there that I don't see when I run mate > on other distros that I test with virtualbox, so I'm not surprised that > you might see bigger quirks with the gnome overlay. > > Maybe a 'layman' expert can tell you more.
I'd ditch the overlay.
