On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 20:32 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi :) > > until now I switch between the FLOSS nv driver and the proprietary > nvidia driver at startup, depending to the kernel I boot. IOW I use the > nv driver with kernel-rt and the proprietary with 3.5.3-1-ARCH. > > If I try to boot the kernel-rt, I get a black screen. > > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi nvidia | grep Ver > Version : 304.43-1 > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi nvidia-rt | grep Ver > Version : 304.43-1 > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi nvidia-utils | grep Ver > Version : 304.43-1 > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi xf86-video-nv | grep Ver > Version : 2.1.20-1 > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ grep DAEMONS /etc/rc.conf > # DAEMONS > DAEMONS=(!69switch_xorg.conf hwclock syslog-ng !network !netfs crond > acpid dbus networkmanager rtirq) > > Any ideas? The graphics is a GeForce 7200 GS. The nv driver is ok, but I > have to readjust the monitor if I switch from nvidia and soon or later > it will be dropped. The vesa driver won't provide the needed resolution > and noveau Apologize. ... nouveau never worked on my machine. Regards, Ralf PS: Before I'll add a note to AUR, I want to know, if there's any alternative to nouveau and nv, assumed I won't get nvidia to work.
