framebuffer?
From
David Chmelik@dchmelik@gmail.com to
alt.os.linux.gentoo on Mon Dec 15 20:09:32 2025
From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.gentoo
I have a GigaByte GeForce Nvidia RTX 5090 OC (elsewhere older Nvidias)
which only output to either of two small monitors I booted with, not the
other, nor 4K, nor did startx. Unlike other operating systems (OS) I'm
used to (or popular extra/quasi-official repository) I don't see (from
'emerge --search nvidia') a plain framebuffer driver for being able to use three monitors (though they will duplicate in the intersect set) and do graphics not GUI or also after exit (I boot to command-line). I saw a forums.gentoo.org Nvidia X Window System (X) thread but original poster
already knew most, so what was still said was harder to understand without
the complete picture in one section, and is only 1/3 my issue (other being
CUDA but I saw its package so probably works). How would I go about
getting a binary package, or recompiling one, first for non-GUI
framebuffer, and then for X?
rUfrUfrUfrUfrUfrUfrUfrUfI found your wiki:nvidia-drivers and some more helpful (though partly
outdated/confusing) old threads (none had framebuffer and Nvidia in
title). I'll take a look at those... even for a Slackware user, the amount
of reading and detailed possible configuration of kernel and drivers is slightly daunting so any replies would still be good.
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