I'm getting closer to narrowing this down.
One of the problems is that "/sbin/NVmakedevices.sh" has been yanked from me
in some nvidia ebuild update. Grr.
Do this instead:
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# /etc/conf.d/local.start
# This is a good place to load any misc programs
# on startup ( use 1>&2 to hide output)
# added by DV as per some email discussion on the nVidia drivers and UDEV
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do
node="/dev/nvidia$i"
rm -f $node
mknod $node c 195 $i || echo "mknod \"$node\""
chmod 0660 $node || echo "chmod \"$node\""
chown :video $node || echo "chown \"$node\""
done
node="/dev/nvidiactl"
rm -f $node
mknod $node c 195 255 || echo "mknod \"$node\""
chmod 0666 $node || echo "chmod \"$node\""
chown :video $node || echo "chown \"$node\""
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The module still loaded which was throwing me off. I would have expected it
not to.
So what is causing X7 to crash is when I set:
"eselect opengl set nvidia"
X won't even start (see previous emails for the errors). It wants to. The
screen goes blank and the resolution "blinks" and then crash.
But if I set:
"eselect opengl set xorg-x11"
Then X7 starts, but glxgears appears to barely move, yet it claims ~230fps
?!!?
All of this worked just fine in X6.8.
I'm using the latest 8756 version of the nvidia driver.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 12:08 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Modular Xorg 7 won't start with
> nVidia GeForce4 440 Go
>
>
> I still cannot get X to start with the nvidia drivers.
> However, I did take
> (someones?) suggestion and tried both the "vesa" and "nv"
> drivers and they
> both "work". I say "work" because with 'vesa', I get a HUGE
> (i.e. low rez)
> screen = unuseable. And with the 'nv' I get the right
> resolution 1600x1200,
> but I get horrible frame-rates (glxgears).
>
> I tried to turn off the RenderAccel option with 'nvidia' but no joy.
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