Re: HP DV9540 laptop AMD64 with nVidia G8400M graphic card will not start in X mode
On Thursday 23 August 2007 20:02:38 Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 23 August 2007 schrieb Niels Larsen:
> > I just bought a new laptop.
> >
> > I have X window 7.1.1 installed
> >
> > First I tried to install 32 bit etch, but install could not fine my
> > network.
> >
> > Then I tried some various k/ubuntu 64 bits, and install started, but
> > ended with black screen.
> >
> > Then I installed etch amd64, and it went well, but when I tried to
> > start "startx", I get:
> > Fatal Server Error - no screens found
> >
> > I have been on http://wiki.x.org and looked in their FAQ.
> >
> > I have then tried to change driver: "nvidia", "vesa" and "vga" in
> > the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but none seems to work.
> >
> > I have tried to run "X -configure" and to run with /root/xorg.conf.new,
> > and then I get black screen (same i got from k/ubuntu).
> >
> > Please answer detailed in a newbie language, as I am not an expert.
> >
> > I tried to open xorgcfg, but never found that program (tried to find it
> > with aptitude)
> >
> > By the way, I read that I could run both 32 -and 64 bits programs on
> > amd64, but not mix.
> >
> > Thks in advance :-)
>
> Hi !
> You have to install the nvidia-kernel-module and nvidia-glx.
>
> If you have another card than NVIDIA, please let me know,
I have only this one card.
How do I do that (sorry to ask).
I have aptitude to install with, and when I search for nvidia, I only get
nvidia-xconfig as a package, and I have installed that, but it will not open
because I do not have X working.
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