[ale] Xorg w/ GeForce 6100 and an almost blank screen

Paul Cartwright ale at pcartwright.com
Tue Aug 26 16:05:41 EDT 2008


hbbs at comcast.net wrote:
> xorg.conf:  http://rafb.net/p/rdMGqh76.html
> Xorg.0.log:  http://rafb.net/p/yhweCs34.html
> startx output:  http://rafb.net/p/wBoRFg44.html
>
> All I'm able to get is a black screen with a single partial horizontal line of what looks like the X crosshatch pattern on the top left, not quite halfway across.  
>
> Is there anything buried in the log that i'm missing?
>
> - Jeff 
the key there I think is NVidia video card.. did you just do an update
of the kernel??
you need to either change this line:

Driver         "nvidia"


to this;
Driver         "nv"
 
OR reinstall the nvidia driver..




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Paul Cartwright
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