On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 13:14 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 18:07 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote: > > > > sorry about that. I am new to this mail group and this is the first time I > > am asking for help. So what I understand from this is following: > > Even though I can boot my old kernel w/o any problem, after upgrading the > > kernel to the latest stable version I may have problems if I don't have the > > latest nvidia drivers. Right? > > > > > No. YOU said that you suspected nvidia. Indeed it is a frequent problem. > I am simply suggesting that you make a change to xorg.conf that will > take you all of 30 seconds (nvidia to nv). If the new kernel then boots, > then we know that the problem is the nvidia driver. If, not then it is > ruled out. With all due respect, this "test" would take considerably > less time than what has been consumed by this colloquy. > > Just to be clear, xorg.conf is located in /etc/X11. Change this: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > To this: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nv" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > Then see if your new kernel is still DOA. > -- > > Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence > Fight Spam: http://tqmcube.com/rbldnsd.htm > Does your system boot in runlevel 3? Or without the rhgb and quiet options on the command line. Bob...
