Re: NVIDIA 6111 driver and console mode

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On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 20:43, Eric Tanguy wrote:
> Le ven 17/09/2004 à 12:12, Alexander Dalloz a écrit :
> > Am Fr, den 17.09.2004 schrieb eric tanguy um 10:46:
> > 
> > > Is it because using rhgb make console in other mode than standard one and
> > > then switching between X and console make the nvidia driver lost in tv
> > > mode ?
> > > Eric
> > 
> > From your initial posting in this thread I did understand you in a way,
> > that the bootup process does not make any problems. As you now mentions
> > RHGB I assume you boot with rhgb enabled. At that time the NVidia driver
> > is not already loaded. You described problem does not sound like you
> > have a problem with the frame buffer mode along with the NVidia driver
> > but running TV output without any monitor attached. So set in the
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > 
> > Option  "IgnoreDisplayDevices"  "Crt"
> > 
> > in the Section "Device" where the nvidia driver is configured. I bet
> > your problem is gone then after restarting X.
> > 
> > Alexander
> > 
> Thanks for your answer. You're right my xorg.conf is configure in
> twinview clone mode with CRT and TV. When the 2 are connected no
> problem. When i switch from X to console i have only the console on the
> monitor. But when i have only the TV plugged in, the first console is on
> the TV but after launching X when i want to switch to console (alt ctrl
> FX) the image on the TV is completely flickered. The same if i stop X. I
> have to modify my xorg.conf for the case i have only TV plugged in ? Or
> can i have a xorg.conf good for the 2 configurations : CRT+TV, TV only ?
> Eric

Ahhh Haaa, that explains your problem. You never mentioned that you were
using twinview mode!. As the symptoms are similar to one trying to use
both Console Framebuffer and the Nvidia driver at the same time. And
from what I've read on the Nvidia forums, that simply will not work.

Good to see you got it going now.

Wolf




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