HP m8100n with NVIDIA nForce 430 / NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE

[arempi]

Hello Everyone! I recently took it upon myself to save a friends computer from vista. I setup a dual boot with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS all went well until I tried to install the nVidia drivers. I have tried all three versions that appear in the driver manager, starting with (current) version. Each time I restart system, a graphics interface fails to initiate. It goes to a black screen with computer name and tty1, and a username and password promt. After login, it appears open up a blank terminal screen.

I'm not a linux expert and have a limited knowledge of terminal actions. With that aside it appears to be a graphics driver problem.

SYSTEM SPECS:
HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8100n PC

Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 430
Video adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE

Would appreciate any help on this. I've tried all three drivers. Thanks in advance for any input.

[Scott Sherman]

Hi there,

You're not the only one!!!

Have a look at these

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1480905

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1480660

[glenn69]

I had the same problem. I switched the video card out for a GeForce 8400GS and I have the same problem. I sure would like to know what the deal is with that??

[Alln]

Exactly the same black screen in GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 here...