Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-22 Thread marc
Steve Kreyer said: > Hi, > > marc wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> > if this file doesn't exist anymo

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-22 Thread Steve Kreyer
Hi, marc wrote: 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. if this file doesn't exist anymore you can also specify the option within the bo

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-22 Thread marc
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 dur

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Justin The Cynical
Steve Kreyer wrote: 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 Glad it helped. This bug has been around for a /long/ time, and it seems the fix is different for a lot of people. In my case, I narrowed it

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Steve Kreyer
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

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Justin The Cynical
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.

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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. I've done a lot of research concerning this issue, but have

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Jan Muszynski
You can try what I have. Since you know you want these why do you have them as modules? Compile directly into the kernel you don'y have to worry about loading, and why ot why not it's loaded. CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Steve Kreyer
Hi Andrei, first, thanks for your quick reply. Yes it is a self-compiled kernel. But if I install the kernel from the Debian repository Iam faced up with the same problem. Debian kernel-version is: $ uname -a Linux euklid 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 27 04:02:59 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,21.Apr.09, 21:54:53, Steve Kreyer wrote: > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.44. My kernel config (concerning framebuffer > related configuration) looks as followed: Are you compiling your own kernel? Try the stock kernel first. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't unders