[issues with nvidia hardware and black screens (rather than X windows) deleted]
I had similar problems. I'm running a Shuttle NForce2 (SN41G2, IIRC) machine with the DVI card, sid, x.org, 2.6.14 (maybe 2.6.15?), kde, the nvidia closed drivers and udev. The symptom was that when I rebooted, X would not come up. I'd get a black screen. When I touched a key, the black screen would disappear (so to speak) and the machine would show a character-based login prompt. I could then login as root, reinstall the nvidia drivers, restart kdm and I'd get a graphical login prompt. All would be fine until the next reboot. I put up with this for a while (weeks, maybe months) since the machine is up most of the time anyway. Eventually, I tweaked udev with some rules that I found somewhere on the web. If you want, I could dig through my notes when I get home to see what I did. My problem was solved for a while. A few apt-get updates later, after some x.org and udev chagnes, the problem reappeared. That was about two weeks ago. I downloaded and installed the latest binary drivers from nvidia.com and it's been fine since then. hth, -- darin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database Development and Administration "Change is hardest for those caught by surprise.", Thomas Friedman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
