On 12/15/10 10:03:58, Dale wrote: > Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > On 12/15/10 09:40:48, Dale wrote: > > > >> Hi again, > >> > >> For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia > GT220 > >> card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG > W2253, > >> and > >> it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around > and > >> when > >> I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and > I > >> can > >> see the services start up as well but when it switches to vt7, it > >> just > >> > >> has a little blinking cursor at the top. > >> > > Have you changed the kernel? The nvidia-drivers (as well as the > ati- > > drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the > kernel. > > Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel > module > > and try again to startx. > > > > Helmut. > > > > > > Just to make sure I understand you correctly. You mean: > > cd /usr/src/linux > make all && make modules_install > then cp the kernel to /boot ? > > That I didn't try. I knew if I updated the kernel I had to re-emerge > the nvidia-drivers but I didn't know it was the other way around too. >
No, just emerge -1 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (while the /usr/src/linux symlink is OK as others have mentioned already) Helmut. (By the way, my x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.2.902 doesn't use hal anymore)
