On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Dale<rdalek1...@gmail.com> 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. >>> >> >> At first glance my guess is that your kernel is configured incorrectly >> somehow. >> >> I have a similar card (Nvidia GT 240). I am using fully ~amd64 system >> and it all works. FWIW, below are my settings& a couple thoughts too. >> << SNIP>> >> >> I can send you my kernel .config if you want. Let me know! Good luck :) >> >> > > You are correct, it was a kernel config issue. Nvidia needs CONFIG_SYSVIPC > enabled in the kernel to work correctly.
Yep, sorry I only noticed the "Solved" thread after I wrote my reply. I was on vacation and have about 100 threads here to catch up on. The README file that comes with the nvidia drivers explains that problem (as I wrote) and much more, so it might be a good read in case there's any other info in there that might be helpful in optimizing your set-up now that it's working. Also emerge nvidia-settings if you haven't already, it has a nice GUI for tweaking some of the options rather than going through xorg.conf. Have fun!
