-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Budd, Tracy wrote: > Yes. I have nv loaded in my xorg.conf, because when I put nvidia in > xorg.conf, my machine crashes. That is the problem that I am having. nvidia in xorg.conf used to work before I upgraded my card.
OK, then, the next thing to do is to examine the Xorg.0.log file in /var/log. Be careful, for posting that, because it can get large. BUT at this point, it's really the best resource you have, for trooubleshooting. You'll see if you give it a very careful examination. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Robey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 4:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgraded video card, nvidia drivers no longer work > > Budd, Tracy wrote: >> Yes. I have the nvidia driver built, and it loads using modprobe. > > I still think you might be confusing the kernel module, using modprobe to > load, > with the X11 driver (you need both) which is named (as I wrote below) > nvidia_drv.so. You do not use modprobe to load the X11 driver. Looking at > your > included xorg.conf, you have nv loaded in X11, not nvidia. Wrong item. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiLwNsACgkQz62J6PPcoOmMzACfekbYdTikWnQOptqGn/AG9x/s ez4An2Hd8luJ/bkY+DAGD3fL3m92g/S8 =6Wa3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
