Steve Kreyer said: > Hi *, > > thank you all for your help on this issue. With Justins advice on the > nvnews forum thread I was able to fix it using the > > $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/options > options nvidia NVreg_UseVBios=0 > > workaround. I wonder that I didn't stumbled over this thread during > research. However, now it's time to challenge luck with the vesafb > graphic driver turned on. > > Again, thanks very much, you've rescued me from getting mad about blank > tty's.
Nice catch. I was going to try it, but the wise men at Ubuntu have dropped /etc/modprobe.d/options http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117102 This seems like a strange thing to do. > > Kind Regards, > Steve > > Justin The Cynical wrote: >> Steve Kreyer wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a problem using my TTYs in conjunction with the nvidia binary >>> driver: When I want to switch to any tty using Ctrl+Alt+FX, the >>> graphic card doesn't want to output anything, and my monitor turns >>> off. >> >> This is an old issue with the NVidia binary blog drivers. I've had >> this problem as well on my laptop, but not an older AGP card. >> >> This thread on the nvidia forums may have your fix: >> >> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=126534&highlight=black +tty >> -- Best, Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
