Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]
On Jan 24, 2008 5:06 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon@damtek.com> wrote:
> > I tried that, and got the black unresponsive screen again. I guess
> > that rules out gdm?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> Yes it does. Now in single user mode run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> (or xfree-x86?? I use unstable and I don't know what stable uses, but I
> think it is xorg). Instead of driver nvidia, choose nv.
>
> If this does not re-write your config file, then manually edit
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look for "nvidia" and replace it with "nv".
> Test. This will tell us if you have an issue with nvidia or not.
Etch uses xorg.
Actually, nv was what the installer picked by default and that didn't
work for me (I was surprised by that, but maybe stable uses an older
version of nv or something). Anyways, vesa worked, and it still does
now, so that's what I'm using. It's nvidia that doesn't work.
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Jimmy Wu
Registered Linux User #454138
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