[QCLUG] Another video problem

[Jim Hall]

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On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Chris Cooper <QCAdmin@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> If
> > go to a different runlevel I get a console, but all of Nvidia's config
> files
> > are binary and need a GUI to work. Catch 22.
> >
> > Don't know what to try next.
> >
> > Jim
> >
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>



Just tried that. No difference. I believe that's because older linux kernel
has older nvidia kernel module which doesn't match driver on HD.

I'm fairly certain this is some stupid config problem, but I don't know what
or where. Even if I got a 640x480 GUI, I'd have something to work with.

Jim

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