Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3470 mails)

[Jan Elders <jrme@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 13 September 2003 05:01, Curtis Rey wrote:
> On Friday 12 September 2003 16:50, Jan Elders wrote:
> > On Friday 12 September 2003 11:40, Marshall Heartley wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > I had to add the parameter Option "NvAGP" "1" to get it to work.  This
> > > makes the system use nvidia's AGP support instead of agpgart.  If the
> > > number stated doesn't help, you can try putting a 2 there instead of
> > > the 1.  The 2 will tell the system to load the agpgart module.  Be sure
> > > to switch to runlevel 3 then to 5 so the system will load up the
> > > appropiate module.
> > > Just something to try.
> >
> > Marshall,
> > Where did you put this parameter ?
> > Is it in the "Device" Section ?
>
> Yes, here's what you need to look for:
>
> Section "Device"
>   BoardName    "GeForce3 Ti 200"
>   Driver       "nvidia"
>   Identifier   "Device[0]"
>   Option        "CursorShadowAlpha" "64"
>   Option        "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
>   Option        "DigitalVibrance" "175"
>   Option        "CursorShadow" "1"
>   Option        "NvAGP" "3"      		********************************
>   Option        "NoBandWidthTest" "1"
>   Option        "CursorShadowYOffset" "4"
>   Option        "NoLogo" "1"
>   Option        "NoMTRR" "1"
>   Screen       0
>   Option       "Rotate" "off"
>   VendorName   "NVidia"
>
Well, I gave this a try (of course).
But .........
after having added    Option  "NvAGP" "3"  in console mode,
I did startx (as user, as recommended by Carlos Robinson)
and ....... got a black screen again.
After power cut (sigh !!!), I changed the Option value to "2",
did startx again,
and ....... got a black screen.
So, after power cut,  I changed the Option value to "1",
did init 5 (for a change),
HEY, now I have some green and white scramble in the top third of the screen, 
but that's all -- no further action.
Had to cut power again.
After reboot I let it run normally all the way to init level 5 and then ....
I have a black screen.    ;-(((((((((
So finally, I restore my 'good old' nv-version of XF86Config and can work 
normally again.

Any other options to try/use ?
This is my Section "Device" of the 'black screen' XF86Config :
Section "Device"
  BoardName    "GeForce4 488 Go"
  BusID        "1:0:0"
  Driver       "nvidia"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Screen       0
  Option       "NvAGP" "3"    (also tried 2 and 1)
  Option       "Rotate" "off"
  VendorName   "NVidia"
EndSection

Question to Curtis Rey : 
Did you miss my reply of Yesterday 23:20:28 to your posting ?
I was looking forward to one of your very extensive helpful replies (although 
they have not worked out yet), but didn't see one so far..

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Elders
Nuenen
the Netherlands