[SOLVED] tty / console blank after loading nvidia drivers

[garuhhh]

yes you're right.. putting NVBios=0 didn't solve the problem.
but "vga=791" in boot options solved the problem of not having a console/tty.

[K. Hendrik]

I tried a few different options as vga parameter but nothing I allways just get a blank console

[K. Hendrik]

I just installed ubuntu on my other pc it also has a nvidia card and it also had no tty's i set the vga parameter and it worked so why doesn't it work on my laptop? the only difference i can see is the laptop is 1980*1020 (16:9) and my pc is 1280*1024 (5:4)

[garuhhh]

@K.Hendrix, did you try the steps did by antiplex in the first few posts?

[K. Hendrik]

@K.Hendrix, did you try the steps did by antiplex in the first few posts?

yes i did but it didn't work

in my Xorg.0.log I found these warnings

(WW) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: Error: Unable to find the DOS (Enable/Disable output
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     switching) file path under /proc/acpi/video. The NVIDIA X
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     driver will not be able to respond to ACPI display change
(WW) NVIDIA(0):     hotkey events.

I really don't know what could be the problem

[garuhhh]

hmmm.. i don't know either what they mean!
let's wait for reponses

[K. Hendrik]

OK to give you some more informations:

Im running ubuntu 9.04 on an Acer Aspire 6935 with a NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and the NVIDIA driver 180.44

[InF3XioN]

Well it worked for me too. I use an HP Pavillion dv6541ev with a NVidia GForce 8400GS. The only resolution that seemed to fit on my screen was 1280x800 (at 32-bit), since it's a wide one (16:9). So I put the value "vga=0x361" (it accepted only hexadecimal values. 361(HEX)=865(10)). But now I face another issue. The splash screen was replaced by boot messages even if the value "splash" exists in the grub menu configuration file. The issue appears with every resolution chosen, and the splash screen remains only if I remove the resolution option from the grub menu. Please help.

[K. Hendrik]

I don't know if this will solve your problem but you could try to change the usplash resolution by editing the file /etc/usplash.conf and running sudo update-initramfs -u

[InF3XioN]

I don't know if this will solve your problem but you could try to change the usplash resolution by editing the file /etc/usplash.conf and running sudo update-initramfs -u

No, the problem still exists. I forgot to mention that the splash screen appears for a while, but when the progress bar is about to start loading, the boot messages start appearing.