problems with nvidia driver and slack9

ajdranse · 04-25-03, 09:07 AM

First off, sorry I haven't attached my logs, I'm at work so unable to access them right now (silly work disabled ssh). I will add a reply with them when I get home, but until then was wondering if anyone had any advice anyways.

I am running Slackware 9.0 with kernel 2.4.20. I use an Asus V7700 GeForce2 GTS PRO (64mb ram). I recently just upgrade my processor/mobo/ram from an Athlon 1GHz/Asus A7V133/256mb pc133 SDRAM to an Athlon XP 2100+ (not overclocked)/Soltek SL-75FRN-L (nForce2 mobo, no onboard video though)/512mb DDR ram.

With my old mobo/proc/ram I could use the nVidia driver just fine, but after upgrading, whenever I try to start X, the screen goes black, except for a few lines of blue/green pixels at the bottom. My system isn't totally frozen, as I can ctrl-alt-delete to reboot, but the screen will stay black with those few lines of pixels until the system finishes shutting down and starts the POST again.

If I try to start with just the nv driver everything works fine, X starts great, I have no problems at all.

I have tried Option "NvAGP" "0" and same problem. I have tried starting with and without loading GLX, nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me,

Andrew

ajdranse · 04-25-03, 06:40 PM

Home now, attaching necessary files.

ajdranse · 04-25-03, 06:42 PM

ajdranse · 04-28-03, 11:31 AM

Nobody has any advice, at all? I've read everything I can think of on this board, as well as any other place I can find, total lack of info.

It's a real pain because I don't want to have to boot into windows just for gaming...

Thanks in advance is anyone does reply.

henkez · 04-28-03, 04:14 PM

... might it not be a problem with running agp 8x..? I think I read somewhere that this might cause problems with kernel 2.4.20 and that kernel 2.5.xx and upwards will resolve that issue. Just a thought: Try running it on e.g. agp 1x and if that works up to perhaps 4x? Good luck!

Andy Mecham · 04-28-03, 04:34 PM

Your X log is from the nv driver - it doesn't help if we're looking for a problem with the nvidia driver.

Please post a verbose log using the nvidia driver.

--andy

04-25-03, 09:07 AM	#1
ajdranse Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4	problems with nvidia driver and slack9 First off, sorry I haven't attached my logs, I'm at work so unable to access them right now (silly work disabled ssh). I will add a reply with them when I get home, but until then was wondering if anyone had any advice anyways. I am running Slackware 9.0 with kernel 2.4.20. I use an Asus V7700 GeForce2 GTS PRO (64mb ram). I recently just upgrade my processor/mobo/ram from an Athlon 1GHz/Asus A7V133/256mb pc133 SDRAM to an Athlon XP 2100+ (not overclocked)/Soltek SL-75FRN-L (nForce2 mobo, no onboard video though)/512mb DDR ram. With my old mobo/proc/ram I could use the nVidia driver just fine, but after upgrading, whenever I try to start X, the screen goes black, except for a few lines of blue/green pixels at the bottom. My system isn't totally frozen, as I can ctrl-alt-delete to reboot, but the screen will stay black with those few lines of pixels until the system finishes shutting down and starts the POST again. If I try to start with just the nv driver everything works fine, X starts great, I have no problems at all. I have tried Option "NvAGP" "0" and same problem. I have tried starting with and without loading GLX, nothing seems to work. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me, Andrew

04-28-03, 04:34 PM	#6
Andy Mecham l33t master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,163	Your X log is from the nv driver - it doesn't help if we're looking for a problem with the nvidia driver. Please post a verbose log using the nvidia driver. --andy __________________ Andy Mecham NVIDIA Corporation

04-28-03, 11:31 AM	#4
ajdranse Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4	Nobody has any advice, at all? I've read everything I can think of on this board, as well as any other place I can find, total lack of info. It's a real pain because I don't want to have to boot into windows just for gaming... Thanks in advance is anyone does reply.

04-28-03, 04:14 PM	#5
henkez Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1	... might it not be a problem with running agp 8x..? I think I read somewhere that this might cause problems with kernel 2.4.20 and that kernel 2.5.xx and upwards will resolve that issue. Just a thought: Try running it on e.g. agp 1x and if that works up to perhaps 4x? Good luck!