steppenwolf
03-13-03, 07:38 PM
It seems that other people have similar problems, but after searching the forums I didn't find any that were a close enough match, and currently have no solution. :(
I have a fresh install of Debian 3.0r1 (Woody) on my MSI K7T Turbo2 box with a 950mhz Duron and a GeForce4 MX 440 SE (64mb) on 8x VIA AGP. The linux installation is virtually untouched (fresh and I haven't done much with it except recompiling the kernel). After downloading the latest nvidia drivers, I linked and added the kernel module and set up GLX in X 4.somthing.
The driver works just beautifully, and I'm very pleased with the performance (a 3D acceleration-on-linux first for me :) ). However, when I try to switch away from X and go to a vt, the video mode does change back to text mode that was present at boot time, leaving a blank screen. Of course, I can always switch back to X with no problems.
After reading most of the documentation and making sure that my kernel (2.4) had all of the important options enabled and the problematic ones disabled, I am quite stumped by the problem as it is obviously kernel-related.
Is there any practical way to fix this, or do I just have to live with it? I believe that I could if necessary....
I have a fresh install of Debian 3.0r1 (Woody) on my MSI K7T Turbo2 box with a 950mhz Duron and a GeForce4 MX 440 SE (64mb) on 8x VIA AGP. The linux installation is virtually untouched (fresh and I haven't done much with it except recompiling the kernel). After downloading the latest nvidia drivers, I linked and added the kernel module and set up GLX in X 4.somthing.
The driver works just beautifully, and I'm very pleased with the performance (a 3D acceleration-on-linux first for me :) ). However, when I try to switch away from X and go to a vt, the video mode does change back to text mode that was present at boot time, leaving a blank screen. Of course, I can always switch back to X with no problems.
After reading most of the documentation and making sure that my kernel (2.4) had all of the important options enabled and the problematic ones disabled, I am quite stumped by the problem as it is obviously kernel-related.
Is there any practical way to fix this, or do I just have to live with it? I believe that I could if necessary....