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Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:51 AM, jiang lei <john.jianglei@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the result. I installed the nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx
> package, changed the entry from "nouveau" to "nvidia", and run startx
> again. The nvidia LOGO showed and disappeared, still the black screen
> is what i get. what else can i do, remove the xorg and install it
> again?
>
> any suggestion? thanks

The fact that you're seeing the logo means that the driver is working.
 It's probably not the right one for the kernel you're running.  Make
sure you have the appropriate kernel header packages installed, then
try 'dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-kernel-dkms'.

Patrick


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