[QCLUG] Another video problem

[Chris Cooper]

Just throwing out a long shot, but have you tried booting on an older
kernel in case the driver likes that, or there is an older version of
the driver in that kernel's mods?

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Jim Hall<volunteer.jim@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Christopher Kruse
> <kruse.christopher@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd make sure that the kernel is fully accepting the nvidia binary
>> blob; check dmesg and see if it has any module insertion errors.  If
>> not, run `lsmod | grep nvidia` to see if you have the kernel module
>> loaded.  It may be as simple as that.
>>
>> Other culprits: check /var/log/Xorg.*.log to see what it's
>> specifically failing on.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Christopher
>>
>>
>>
> Results. dmesg is as pure as the driven snow. Kernel module is loaded.
> Xort.*.log shows no failures. Went through Nvidia's knowledge base, made =
a
> couple of changes in "xorg.conf", nothing.
>
> System boots fine until it gets to Xorg and GDM. Then get black screen. I=
f
> go to a different runlevel I get a console, but all of Nvidia's config fi=
les
> are binary and need a GUI to work. Catch 22.
>
> Don't know what to try next.
>
> Jim
>