On 07/25/2007 12:10 PM, john wrote:
Ok, I tried the free NV driver and it's running, but I still have a
problem - I have no login screen! I can ssh -X to my LB machine and run
X programs remotely but my expensive LCD monitor on my LB machine is
black (no signal).
I suspect I have missed some silly config option somewhere.
John
=======
Silly me. A friend pointed out that the monitor section in xorg.conf
was set to use the VGA input of my monitor. I had my video card
connected to the DVI-D input of the monitor. Once I connected the cable
to the proper port, X came up perfectly.
So now my LinuxBIOS is working. Still I have some observations:
1. Nvidia proprietary driver does not work, however NV works well
enough for my purposes.
2. I've lost cpu frequency control (no powernow-k8) so now both my CPUs
are running flat out at 3000 MHz. Core temperatures are hovering just
below 70C (63C and 67C).
3. I now can load kvm_amd (without locking up my system) and use
hardware acceleration to speed up my virtual machines.
John
=========