Re: [Solved] Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles
Le 29/04/2010 20:42, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : rudupere wrote: Le 29/04/2010 05:55, Justin The Cynical a écrit : rudu wrote: Launching a graphic session with startx instead of gdm/kdm doesn't change anything except that I don't even have any flashing prompt on my black screen anymore. This is an old, old bug (IMO) in the binary nvidia module. I've had this problem since getting Linux running on my old pentium m laptop with a 6000 go series chip. For example: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=131639 and possible fix (seems to be hit or miss): http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=120492 Bingo !! That was it, an old bug from nvidia drivers. The workaround that worked for me : Append the line : options nvidia NVreg_UseVBios=0 to the file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf A big thank you to Justin and everyone who helped. Good that you got it solved. Except I don't understand when the problem started. You must have run at one time w/o black screens. And then they started. Hugo Well, I've lived with it for quite a long time before calling for help here, but IIRC it started after a kernel upgrade, then I couldn't install the nvidia driver so I switched to nv, and so on. I hadn't enough time at the moment to investigate ... JM -- 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/4bdaadfa.90...@cegetel.net
Re: [Solved] Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles
rudu wrote: Le 29/04/2010 20:42, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : rudupere wrote: Bingo !! That was it, an old bug from nvidia drivers. The workaround that worked for me : Append the line : options nvidia NVreg_UseVBios=0 to the file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf A big thank you to Justin and everyone who helped. Good that you got it solved. Except I don't understand when the problem started. You must have run at one time w/o black screens. And then they started. Hugo Well, I've lived with it for quite a long time before calling for help here, but IIRC it started after a kernel upgrade, then I couldn't install the nvidia driver so I switched to nv, and so on. I hadn't enough time at the moment to investigate ... Glad one of those solutions worked for you. That one in particular I think is a new one (to me anyway). It's been a while since I've had a need to flip between the consoles, much less turn on the laptop, so I'll have to try that one and see if it works. I'm sure that in the grand scheme of things, this is a very minor issue, but it's annoying and surprising, IMO, that it still exists considering the age of the bug. -- 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/4bdbb17a.20...@penguinness.org
[Solved] Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles
Le 29/04/2010 05:55, Justin The Cynical a écrit : rudu wrote: In single user mode, I can login on the first virtual console but every other ctrl+alt+Fn I hit only gives me a black screen with a prompt flashing in the upper left corner ... IIRC, in single user mode, this is normal. Launching a graphic session with startx instead of gdm/kdm doesn't change anything except that I don't even have any flashing prompt on my black screen anymore. This is an old, old bug (IMO) in the binary nvidia module. I've had this problem since getting Linux running on my old pentium m laptop with a 6000 go series chip. For example: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=131639 and possible fix (seems to be hit or miss): http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=120492 Bingo !! That was it, an old bug from nvidia drivers. The workaround that worked for me : Append the line : options nvidia NVreg_UseVBios=0 to the file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf A big thank you to Justin and everyone who helped. Jean-Marc -- 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/4bd95f86.5030...@free.fr
Re: [Solved] Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles
rudupere wrote: Le 29/04/2010 05:55, Justin The Cynical a écrit : rudu wrote: In single user mode, I can login on the first virtual console but every other ctrl+alt+Fn I hit only gives me a black screen with a prompt flashing in the upper left corner ... IIRC, in single user mode, this is normal. Launching a graphic session with startx instead of gdm/kdm doesn't change anything except that I don't even have any flashing prompt on my black screen anymore. This is an old, old bug (IMO) in the binary nvidia module. I've had this problem since getting Linux running on my old pentium m laptop with a 6000 go series chip. For example: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=131639 and possible fix (seems to be hit or miss): http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=120492 Bingo !! That was it, an old bug from nvidia drivers. The workaround that worked for me : Append the line : options nvidia NVreg_UseVBios=0 to the file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc.conf A big thank you to Justin and everyone who helped. Good that you got it solved. Except I don't understand when the problem started. You must have run at one time w/o black screens. And then they started. Hugo -- 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/hrcjvi$c8...@dough.gmane.org
