[arch-general] nvidia 295.59-1 dmesg output

gt static.vortex at gmx.com
Sat Jun 16 02:33:30 EDT 2012


On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 06:55:10AM +0100, Jason Steadman wrote:
> On 16 June 2012 06:46, gt <static.vortex at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey guys, after upgrading to 295.59 from 295.53, i am seeing the
> > following in the dmesg output:
> >
> > NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
> > NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
> > NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
> > NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
> > NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
> >
> > Any idea what this is about. Seems to be about the framebuffer driver.
> > But earlier no configuration was needed for that. Moreover the virtual
> > console seems to be working fine.
> >
> > Anyone else got a similar message in the log?
> >
> 
> UEFI install by any chance? I ask because the message correlates to
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2543252&postcount=13

Nope, no uefi. It's a pentium 4, with nvidia geforce 210 card.


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