I have a 420 MX, and use the 96xx driver.
I also always got a black screen when starting up.
What worked for me was to out-comment some lines in /etc/runlevel.conf,
preventing the scripts from being executed.
The lines are:
#20 0,1,6 2,3,4,5 /etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel
#20
tag 431811 patch
thanks
supposedly, the redhat NOSMBUS patch fixes this problem. the patch is
available here http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/rpms/nvidia-x11-drv-96xx/.
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tag 431811 - patch
thanks
well, i tested out that patch, but it didn't make any difference, so
it probably doesn't make sense to apply it.
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Package: nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx
Version: 1.0.9639-1
Severity: important
users with nvidia geforce 420 and 440 go cards (and perhaps others) will
get a black screen once they install the 96xx driver. this does not
happen with the 71xx driver.
the problem appears to be that the driver thinks that
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