Hello world,
Does someone recognize the black-screen problem I posted last Friday ?
Although there are many posting on NVidia in this discussion group, I didn't
see anything similar discussed yet, and got no reactions so far.
Greetings,
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Subject: [SLE] Black screen after NVidia update
Date: Friday 05 September 2003 22:16
From: Jan Elders
To: SuSE Discussion
Hi all,
After upgrading my kernel (including the source) with YOU to 2.4.20-100, I
have downloaded the NVIDIA Installer for Linux IA32.
Subsequently, I followed the instructions in
www.suse.de/de/private/download/xfree86/index.html section “SuSE Linux 8.2
with update kernel or self-compiled kernel”.
- went to runlevel 3 (by restart in Safe Mode)
- did the following :
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig && make dep
cd /windows/e/Linuxdata/Downloads/nvidia/ (= my download directory)
export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
- thus ran the NVIDIA Installer
- then I changed /etc/X11/XF86Config section Device:
replaced Driver “nv” by Driver “nvidia” (according to the NVidia
installation instructions)
- went to runlevel 5
--> No more display ! (remains black) !!!!
- I solved this by running SaX2 (in Safe Mode) :
set Monitor model = LCD 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz
set Color & Resolution = 1024 x 768 - 24 bit
After this I had my display back, but no 3D !!!!
Looking in XF86Config shows that Driver is set back to “nv” (apparently by
SAX2).
So .... it seems that setting the driver to "nvidia" ruins my system ?
Or , in other words, I think the new NVidia driver is not working correct
here.
BTW, I'm using a laptop with a 1024x768 LCD screen.
What could be the problem ?
TIA and HAND
--
Jan Elders
Nuenen
the Netherlands
