Originally Posted by
linuxuser21
So, I got a little further. I managed to pull up the GUI but I'm back to start now.
Here's what I did:
*Took out the graphics card (nVIDIA 9500 GT)
*Hooked up VGA monitor to the onboard video
*Reinstalled
At this point the regular desktop came up like it was supposed to. As expected, it was slow and incapable (graphics wise) seeing how old it is.
So I then put the graphics card back in and rebooted. The desktop appeared like normal even from the right port (DVI). I installed the latest drivers from nVIDIA's website and had it automatically configure X after it was done installing. This is where I believe it is screwing up at.
Does anyone know how to get around or fix this? Or really even tell me what is happening?
Use my sticky for reference if needed, but I'll take care of you here...
Sticky: [all variants] Graphics Resolution- Upgrade /Blank Screen after reboot
-What binary driver version number from NVidia? 280.13, 285.05 or 290.03?
- Before you installed the binary did you do the following?
Code:
sudo nividia-install --uninstall
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
Please send the last generated /ect/X11/xorg.conf and an /var/log.Xorg.x.log (where x= 1 thru 5) where it was trying to boot on the NVidia card and failed. 0 is current and the number goes up for each previous boot. Also post your/var/log/nvidia-installer.log. Remember to post those within CODE tags.
EDIT-- When it hangs at the "Checking Battery State" through the "Checking For System 5 Compatibility" it is usually a graphics problem where there are no drivers, drivers are not loading or there is something conflicting with the driver modules.
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