Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 07/31/08 17:08, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:40:03 -0500
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > >     Well I just spent 2 hours trying again. The VESA driver gave me
> > > the same results...blank screen after GDM loaded. The final law of
> > > the xorg log file is:
> > startx FTW!!!!
>
>    I'll try that as soon as I reboot.

The benefit is that you can log in and do "stuff" from the console. 
 Put your mail in IMAP and then you can read/send email from mutt 
or alpine when you've got GUI problems, and Sylpheed when X works!

> > > (EE) AIGLX  Screen 0 is not DRI capable.
> > >
> > >  What is DRI and why does a combination of a fairly recent Nvidia
> > > card and a new LG LCD monitor not give me a DRI capable screen ?
> > Is CONFIG_DRM set in your kernel?
>
>    Yes. As a module.
>    BTW what is config_drm ??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Infrastructure

We who use nvidia and "nv" drivers don't need it.

> > Is this:
> >      Disable        "dri"
> > or this:
> >      Load           "dri"
> > in your xorg.conf?
>    No.
>
> > Is this:
> >      Option         "AIGLX"   "true"
> > in the "ServerLayout" section of your xorg.conf?
>
>    xorg.conf has Option "AIGLX" "false" in it.

Hmmm.  Very interesting.  In a confusing sort of way...

> > How recent is "fairly recent"?
>
>   Dunno to tell you the truth...about a year or 8 months.

That's reasonable...  7xxx or 8xxx?

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