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Thread: Nvidia drivers for GeForce FX 5500 providing black screen

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    Question Nvidia drivers for GeForce FX 5500 providing black screen

    Howdy!

    I have tried a few different ways to install the NVidia driver (including through the restricted drivers and also the Envy package) and for some reason, each time I boot after installing an Nvidia driver, it shows the booting progress bar, then goes black and stays there until I manually power off the computer. I am able to go back to the desktop after booting into recovery and running the xfix option, but then am left without using the driver. I am currently running an Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 AGP.

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    Re: Nvidia drivers for GeForce FX 5500 providing black screen

    You might need to blacklist your onboard video device even if it's disabled. I had the same problem and that was the only way I could get the nvidia card to work which is also a 5500 FX.

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    Re: Nvidia drivers for GeForce FX 5500 providing black screen

    How do I "blacklist" the onboard device? I also went into the BIOS to see if there was an option for disabling it, but couldn't find an option for it (the desktop i a Dell Dimension 4600).

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    Re: Nvidia drivers for GeForce FX 5500 providing black screen

    Okay, tried the blacklisting, but didn't work.

    I've tried the regular ubuntu-restricted-drivers, Envy, and two drivers from the site. Unfortunately none of them worked All of them provided a blank screen excpet the 7667 driver because it couldn't compile I guess on Hardy.

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