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Re: nvidia and latest unstable kernel image



On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 08:51:24PM +0000, Sebastian Luque wrote:
> I just upgraded to the latest linux kernelimage (2.6.25-2) in my sid system, 
> followed up by the usual 'm-a prepare && m-a a-i nvidia".  I also rebooted 
> into single-user mode and upgraded nvidia-glx, and got no errors or warnings.  
> However, upon rebooting, I can see that kdm (my login manager) starts fine, 
> but I only get a black screen (with a super thin color line, matching the 
> colors of my login background) at this point.  It seems as if the login 
> manager is there, and I can even login "blindly" by just typing my user name 
> and password.  The usual kde sounds, etc. work, but the screen just remains 
> black, so something seems out of whack with X server.  I have never had this 
> problem before after upgrades of kernel images and/or nvidia packages.  Any 
> help please?  Thanks!

Which nvidia version?  Did you clean up /usr/src/modules/nvidia* before
running m0a again (I really wish m-a would celan up rather than just
extract on top of old code).

Which nvidia card type?

-- 
Len Sorensen


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