Re: nvidia (graphics) driver pain
Looks to me like your system decided that the TV output was the primary
output. My guess is you'll see the GUI if you plug a TV into your video
card.
I'm not sure how to fix this, however.
On Thursday 03 November 2005 04:58 pm, Gilles wrote:
> > why dont you get the nvidia-graphics-driver 1.0-7676 source debs from
> > http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/
>
> I got the same source (from a debian mirror).
>
> > build all that, then go patch the kernel-source with the
> > minor (although important) updates from the nvidia linux
> > support forums and then build the kernel module.
>
> I'm not sure I understand. The kernel itself must be patched
> for the driver to work? This is not mentioned in the README
> files.
>
> > im running 2.6.14-1 as we speak, using 1.0-7676 playing
> > games and all sorts.
> >
> > i have had no problems building or loading.
>
> Neither do I with that version (loading problem was with 1.0.7174).
> It's just that the screen goes blank ("No signal"), but no error
> (EE) is reported in the "Xorg.0.log" file.
>
> Although, there are some worrying warning (WW) lines:
>
> [...]
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.13.00
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): DFP-0, TV-0
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Multiple displays connected, but only one display allowed;
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): using first display
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: NVIDIA
> (--) NVIDIA(0): TV-0: maximum pixel clock: 650 MHz
> [...]
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (not a valid TV mode)
> [... many other warnings about "not a valid TV mode ... ]
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device TV-0:
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
> [...]
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz
> (D) (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
> (++) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
> [...]
>
> Maybe ths can ring a bell for someone knowledgeable?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Gilles
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