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ok, i got anew hard drive, and since our outher computer doesnt have much disk space left, i decided to take my previous hard drive and put it into the ...
- 08-09-2005 #1Just Joined!
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screen problem
ok, i got anew hard drive, and since our outher computer doesnt have much disk space left, i decided to take my previous hard drive and put it into the other computer, and reinstall debian on my new one. so i get it all installed, but when i install the nvidia drivers and reboot, the screen goes blank when it starts gdm.
anyone know why?
- 08-09-2005 #2Linux Newbie
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i cant fix that problem, but if u can get to a command line i can help you skip gdm. go to /etc/rc2.d and type this (in root.. use "su" command):
then when you next boot up you will log in normally intead of thru gdm. type "startx" to start ur GUI once you log in normally.Code:mv S99gdm _S99gdm
- 08-09-2005 #3Linux Guru
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any errors in /var/log/Xfree*
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- 08-09-2005 #4Linux Guru
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Did you modify your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to mirror the change? Did you add nvidia to /etc/modprobe.preload ? It's a good while since I've used Debian but this was a necessity in Mandrake.
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ok, i dont know why, but it works now. i reinstalled, and it worked.
thanks anyways!
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