Re: Dell Inspiron 2650 goes blank after installation of NVidia drivers
On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 12:53:12PM +0100, Mads Munch Hansen wrote:
> Hi, when installing the latest (6629) nVidia driver on Sarge, with a
> 2.6.8-2-686 kernel, X seems to halt the entire system, turning off the
> monitor, while the system remains turned on, it is inoperable and a forced
> shutdown is needed to reboot. Any advice on getting X to work with the
> nvidia drivers would be greatly apperciated!
Try the installation from the command line without X running.
kill X
remove the old nvidia module
install the new one
start X
maybe that will work, good luck!
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Angelina Carlton
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