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by **kurian** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:23

hi,

me uses nvidia geforce 2 driver which currently is moved by nvidia by legacy section.... But i think sabayon has not implemented this yet in its 3.3b miniedition i use .... as a result my screen is blurred ....can anyone suggest me how to correct this ..???

by **wolfden** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:34

Edited title to Remove ALL CAPITAL letters

emerge =nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185

you should also mask >=nvidia-drivers-1.0.8700 in /etc/portage/package.mask

by **nomad** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:17

I have not exactly a problem but perhaps someone may have some insights. I have been running a 7600gs 512mb agp card and an Acer 20in LCD for a while. The monitor has only a VGA connection and it is hooked to the card's DVI output through a DVI/VGA converter. The 1680x1050 resolution was configured correctly on install and first boot with 3.3 with no issues. I have just recently upped to a Doublesight 24in LCD. The card's DVI connection is supposedly dual-link. The Doublesight monitor is single-link and came with a single-link DVI cable. I used this cable and have only 1024x768 resolution on the new 24in monitor, even after xorg.conf was edited to insert "1920x1200" in the "Screen" section:

===
Section "Screen"

# The Identifier, Device and Monitor lines must be present

Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

# The favoured Depth and/or Bpp may be specified here

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
===

I have a second SATA drive with WXP installed and after booting into WXP, I set the new 1920x1200 resolution with no problems. Booting back in SL, which is in the first SATA drive, I still have the defaulted low resolution. Then I decided to put the new 24in monitor on the VGA cable, which is still connected to the DVI/VGA converter, hook that end up to the dual-link output of the card, restarted X and the new 1920x1200 resolution was up and running instantly.

My understanding is that dual-link cables are compatible with single-link connections, but is that assuming the same for single-link cable with a dual-link output? With the single-link cable, the extra pins on the card's dual-link output would just be ignored? Single-link outputs can power 1920-x1200 resolutions, according to many testimonies by those who have such set-ups. But like I said, I have a dual-link output and a single-link cable, which in order to successfully run 1920x1200 resolution on the new 24in monitor, I have to pass the output through a VGA converter and finally through a VGA cable. The new monitor does have both inputs -- DVI and VGA.

Dual-link output => DVI/VGA converter => VGA cable => 20in LCD (works)

Dual-link output => Single-link DVI cable => 24in LCD (no work in SL 3.3 but works in WXP)

Dual-link output => DVI/VGA converter => VGA cable => 24in LCD (works)

That's the gist of it. And the new 24in LCD is excellent, btw.

by **kurian** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 13:39

Edited title to Remove ALL CAPITAL letters

emerge =nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185

you should also mask >=nvidia-drivers-1.0.8700 in /etc/portage/package.mask

plz give me a full idea of what to do...iam absolutely new to Gentooo...so plz be kind to me...where this to be typed in the boot option?????

by **edgevision** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 14:18

In a terminal window, as root, type:

Code: Select all: emerge =nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185

Then, also as root, add the following line to /etc/portage/package.mask:

Code: Select all: >=nvidia-drivers-1.0.8700

That's all there is to it.

by **kurian** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 16:58

How will i login to root should i boot it using the boot option Genuine and then select the root....????since my normal boot results in corrupted screen.

if thats done will the nvidia driver will be automatically enabled in the live session ...?????? please help me....

by **WarraWarra** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 21:07

3.3b min / cd or any other version.

Once it shows you the boot menu sound no sound install , use the up / down arrow and select the boot type you want and then instead of pressing enter press F5.
This will show some text at the bottom of the screen something like pci-nomsi dodmraid --
Now add
nox
or
xdriver=nvidia res=1024x768
to it.
example:
dmdoraid pci-nomsi nox --
This will for the loaded / booted Sabayon only show text no x windows no kde.
You can also try this:
Example:
dodmraid pci-nomsi xdriver=nvidia res=1024x768 --
by adding xdriver=nvidia and res=1024x768 it will load default the nvidia driver + a stable working resolution with normal refresh rate that will work with any screen connected to it , the double - is not needed .

Either one should work, but if xdriver=nvidia = bad then use nox one.
Now you can do the stuff Wolfden posted provided you wrote it down on paper and use the exact same names / lettering as he did.
This will install the older nvidia driver . You should then be able to get the xwindows / kde part to start by issueing " gdm " or startdm not sure what is the correct one.

On the boot cd / dvd is a readme file that gives you more option than this, open with text editor / notepad or similar.

hope this helps.

by **wolfden** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 21:42

kurian wrote:How will i login to root should i boot it using the boot option Genuine and then select the root....????since my normal boot results in corrupted screen.

if thats done will the nvidia driver will be automatically enabled in the live session ...?????? please help me....

you type

su

to switch to root

by **happyuser** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 13:12

Help with a step by step for Nvidia GF 4 TI 4200 128 video card to work with Compiz Fusion

(Which driver in portage for this video card ?) (How to Mask ? > Code to type in console ?)

I have Sabayon 3.4a (Thank you for a great Operating System

)
Thank you for any and all help given. I'm slowly learning the Sabayon system :oops:

This is what I have listed in my terminal:

Code: Select all: emerge -s nvidia Searching... [ Results for search key : nvidia ] [ Applications found : 4 ] * media-gfx/nvidia-cg-toolkit Latest version available: 1.5.0 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of files: 12,969 kB Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_toolkit.html Description: nvidia's c graphics compiler toolkit License: NVIDIA * media-video/nvidia-settings Latest version available: 1.0.20070621 Latest version installed: 1.0.20070302 Size of files: 1,225 kB Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA Linux X11 Settings Utility License: GPL-2 * x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers Latest version available: 100.14.11-r11 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of files: 30,391 kB Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries License: NVIDIA * x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers Latest version available: 1.0.7184-r91 Latest version installed: 1.0.7184-r91 Size of files: 14,023 kB Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries for older NVIDIA cards License: NVIDIA

by **wolfden** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 13:48

in konsole:
su
enter your password

emerge =nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185

echo">=nvidia-drivers-1.0.8700" >> /etc/portage/package.mask

/etc/init.d/xdm restart

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