NVIDIA 6111 driver and console mode

Eric Tanguy eric.tanguy at physique.univ-nantes.fr
Fri Sep 17 18:21:59 UTC 2004


Le ven 17/09/2004 à 15:22, Wolfgang a écrit :
> 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
> 
> 
So how to disable Console Framebuffer ?
Eric
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