On 11/17/05, Mitch Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Over the last week, I've installed a Gentoo box on a slow Duron 800 with > an nVidia FX5200. Everythings been going fine except now I'm trying to > get X up and running with the nVidia driver. I've installed the > nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx, all goes fine. I can get kdm to start up > just fine with the driver set to "nv" but when I change it to "nvidia" X > takes up 99% of the processor with no sign of ever giving it back. Just > wondering if anyone has some pointers on what I've done wrong with the > kernel/nvidia configs?
Are you running a vanilla kernel or a gentoo kernel? Another important consideration is to make sure you emerge the nvidia packages after booting into your new kernel. Justin -- Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
