http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964429
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964429#c19
--- Comment #19 from Ulrich Windl
Without knowledge of your DM we cannot find out where it logs to, though.
GNOME, so I guess gdm.
The screen usually goes into power save mode when it's idle for so long.
I know.
Moreover, this log file is for the fbdev driver which is unlikely to show a black screen if your console was working at all. Also it is even more unlikely that the screen is loosing the video signal when using this driver.
I was worried about the message: "Use of other console drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in corruption and stability problems, and is not supported."
This is not the prime purpose if this bugzilla. We are trying to determine if there is a bug in the software or the installation procedure.
YOU complained about the correct log files being missing, so I asked how to test the situation correctly.
Currently, I see two issues: 1. the G03 driver you've used reads a defective EDID extension block which is supplied by your monitor. So either the read procedure is wrong or the block sent by the monitor - in which case the NVIDIA driver should simply ignore it.
I suspected my KVM switch to need a reset (which I did in the meantime).
This is something for NVIDIA to fix. 2. when you deinstall the G03 driver you will get the G04 driver (according to your comment #2). Not sure why this happened. This is something for us to determine. If the G04 packages support your hardware (PCI ID: 10de:0640) as well, it should have worked. Have you rebooted in between?
AFAIR: No (it takes too much time)
This ticket has seen attempts with too many drivers: NVIDIA G03, G04, fbdev and nouveau. All this is confusing and obfuscating the goal.
I had simply installed the kernel update, and I had no video anymore. The rest are just attempts to be able to use the computer again (to be able to report the problem at all, for example).
Please 1. disable the NVIDIA repo, 2. deinstall whatever NVIDIA driver you've installed, 3. update the system to the current maintenance level doing 'zypper dup', 4. re-enable the NVIDIA repo and run 'zypper inr; zypper dup' This should give you the NVIDIA driver back - please let us know which ones... If it works now, 1. is fixed for this driver.
BTW: The surest thing to determine if X is basically working and lighting up your screen, is by logging in to the text console as root and do: '/usr/bin/Xorg -retro & sleep 3; xterm -display :0'. You should get an X screen with the old fashioned root weave and an xterm. To determine if there are issues with the openGL libraries (ie you have installed unsuitable ones) you do 'gxlinfo' in this xterm and observe the output and any messages.
OK, eventually I've got instructions (thanks!); I'll print them in case I have no video while testing... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.