Kernel 2.6.0-test4-mm1, and blank screen

The Analog Kid · 09-09-03, 02:10 PM

I have a Via KT400 chipset, and I get a blankscreen when I use my newly build nvidia drivers for the 2.6 kernel. What do I do?

ghostwalker · 09-09-03, 02:56 PM

Go to the following it states it is for 2.5, but it applies to the 2.6 kernel. It will help alot.

http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...loween-2.5.txt

For the patch to the nvidia driver go here:

http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html

You will need the mod-init-tools

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...rusty/modules/

if you are using debian just do an apt-get.

The Analog Kid · 09-09-03, 03:52 PM

I'm running Gentoo and it detects that I'm running the 2.6 kernel series and applies the patch to the nvidia driver, however this is what happends.

**zander** · 09-10-03, 03:33 PM

This problem is most commonly caused by the presence of a frame buffer console driver such as rivafb/vesafb, AGP specific problems (see the NVIDIA README for information on AGP stability problems), the use of broken UP I/O APIC (see the noapic kernel parameter) and/or ACPI configurations (try with pci=noacpi or even acpi=off). If your problem is specific to Linux 2.6.0-test*, you should compare the Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.6 kernel configurations. Also worth noting is that Linux 2.6.0-test* are development kernels and as such not guaranteed to work at all.

The Analog Kid · 09-10-03, 04:45 PM

I got it to work, I have to switch to NvAGP

**zander** · 09-11-03, 03:19 AM

If the problem persists with current Linux 2.6.0-test kernels, you may want to inform the Linux AGPGART maintainer about it.

09-09-03, 02:10 PM	#1
The Analog Kid Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 75	Kernel 2.6.0-test4-mm1, and blank screen I have a Via KT400 chipset, and I get a blankscreen when I use my newly build nvidia drivers for the 2.6 kernel. What do I do? __________________ Microsoft Palladium:Where will we let you go today?

09-09-03, 03:52 PM	#3
The Analog Kid Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 75	I'm running Gentoo and it detects that I'm running the 2.6 kernel series and applies the patch to the nvidia driver, however this is what happends. __________________ Microsoft Palladium:Where will we let you go today?

09-10-03, 04:45 PM	#5
The Analog Kid Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 75	I got it to work, I have to switch to NvAGP __________________ Microsoft Palladium:Where will we let you go today?

09-09-03, 02:56 PM	#2
ghostwalker Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 76	Go to the following it states it is for 2.5, but it applies to the 2.6 kernel. It will help alot. http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...loween-2.5.txt For the patch to the nvidia driver go here: http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html You will need the mod-init-tools http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...rusty/modules/ if you are using debian just do an apt-get.

09-10-03, 03:33 PM	#4
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	This problem is most commonly caused by the presence of a frame buffer console driver such as rivafb/vesafb, AGP specific problems (see the NVIDIA README for information on AGP stability problems), the use of broken UP I/O APIC (see the noapic kernel parameter) and/or ACPI configurations (try with pci=noacpi or even acpi=off). If your problem is specific to Linux 2.6.0-test, you should compare the Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.6 kernel configurations. Also worth noting is that Linux 2.6.0-test are development kernels and as such not guaranteed to work at all.

09-11-03, 03:19 AM	#6
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	If the problem persists with current Linux 2.6.0-test kernels, you may want to inform the Linux AGPGART maintainer about it.