Here is the result. I installed the nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx package, changed the entry from "nouveau" to "nvidia", and run startx again. The nvidia LOGO showed and disappeared, still the black screen is what i get. what else can i do, remove the xorg and install it again?
any suggestion? thanks On 7/22/11, jiang lei <john.jiang...@gmail.com> wrote: > sorry to reply so late, i was assigned a business trip for 2 weeks, > now i am back. ;) > > actually the entry in the xorg.conf generated by "Xorg :1 -configure" > was "nvidia", i changed it to "nouveau" because i could not startx. i > did not mention that in the first mail. Apologies! Now i am installing > the nvidia-kernel-dkms package and see what happens. > > > On 7/10/11, Hans-J. Ullrich <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote: >> ----------------------- >>> >>> how can i fix the issue, any idea? thanks in advance. >> >> I suggest, not to use the noveau driver. Maybe you should try to use the >> nvidia-drivers, which are offered in packages. For easy installation, you >> should use the nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx package. >> >> Make sure, the linux-headers afre installed. module-assistant does that >> for >> you. >> >> When everything is installed, especially the -dkms packages, then the >> modules >> will be automatically built (thank you, dear developers for the idea of >> dkms!) >> >> Maybe it is necessary to install the package nvidia-glx by hand. >> >> Change the entry in xorg.conf from "nouveau" to "nvidia" and leave the >> rest >> as >> is. >> > >> For testing purposes I suggest to move your login-manager out of the way, >> so >> it will not start (for example move /etc/init.d/kdm to /root). >> >> When you restart you get a console and can start with "startx" and see >> the >> output when it fails. >> >> When everything is working fine, move kdm (or your choosen login-manager >> like >> gdm or xdm) back to /etc/init.d/ and have fun. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Hans >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201107101816.24686.hans.ullr...@loop.de >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/canhq+zimvwmxkrfjcjv7jmfn76iol893hn8uno0srjoxxag...@mail.gmail.com