I had the black screen problem on a similiar configuration as well.
8-core Mac Pro, Apple Cinema Display, 7.10 final installed on the hard
drive.
The solution is to remove the splash boot option from whatever kernel
image your booting from (press e on top of the image in grub, remove
the word
Somehow I no longer have this problem in 7.10rc; I'm now able to install
it and boot it up.
Ethernet was somewhat of a 'non-problem'. In 6.10 on my laptop, I just
needed to set my static IP, netmask and gateway (just tested today). In
7.10rc and 7.04 I need to set the nameserver (resolv.conf) as
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Fix Released
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8-core Mac pro: problems in 7.04 and 7.10rc
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I guess you need the nvidia-glx driver for your card.
Please poste your xorg.conf and lspci output.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None = xserver-xorg-video-nv
Status: New = Incomplete
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8-core Mac pro: problems in 7.04 and 7.10rc
Thanks.
I will try to get the xorg.conf and lspci output asap, how do I get the
lspci output (sorry, linux noob)
I heard about the nvidia drivers and there have been reports of
workarounds involving vesa or nv drivers. In 7.04, it was set to vesa.
In anycase, the ethernet is not working and I'm
Just insert lspci lspci in Terminal. After hat there should be a
file called lspci in your home directory which you can upload here. You
find xorg.conf in directory /etc/X11 .
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8-core Mac pro: problems in 7.04 and 7.10rc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152701
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