hi here is what i have done :
emerge nvidia-kernel
emerge nvidia-glx
in my /etc/modules.d/nvidia :
alias char-major-195 nvidia
alias /dev/nvidiactl char-major-195
in my /etc/X11/XF86Config :
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "philips"
HorizSync 30-61
VertRefresh 56-76
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "geforce"
#Driver "vesa"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "geforce"
Monitor "philips"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
When i type "startx" at the prompt, i have a black screen for a while (about ten second) and than some random character on my screen, from that, the only thing a can do is to reboot my computer
here is the output from /var/log/Xfree.blabla.log
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4496
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-4496 Wed Jul 16 19:06:03 PDT 2003
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 02:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
...
# some similar lines ...
...
[25] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xD8000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce4 Ti 4200
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.25.00.28.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-1
(--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: Brooktree 871
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-1: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-1: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-1: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 350 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NVIDIA(0): philips: Using hsync range of 30.00-61.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): philips: Using vrefresh range of 56.00-76.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
...
# some similar lines ...
...
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (width too large for virtual size)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x480" (height 960 is larger than
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified maximum 768)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-1:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 39.4 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 37.5 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (300, 230) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (86, 84)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd4000000 - 0xd407ffff (0x80000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[2] 0 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xda002000 - 0xda002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xda000000 - 0xda0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xda004000 - 0xda004fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xda003000 - 0xda003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[14] -1 0 0xd4000000 - 0xd407ffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd3ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[16] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[17] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[18] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[19] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[27] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[28] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
bash-2.05b$ xchat
bash: xchat: command not found
bash-2.05b$ cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log.old | grep nvidia
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
Could some one help me please ? thank you in advance guys :-).
(sorry for my poor english)
