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?
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Len Sorensen
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