Re: Help > nVidia on FC 2, test 3
From: Daniel Stonier (snorri_dj_at_operamail.com)
Date: 04/30/04
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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:36:05 +1000
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:29:36 -0700 (PDT), Doug Robson
<cdrobsonjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Kind helpers,
>
> I just upgraded to Fedora Core 2, Test 3 and then
> tried the nVidia
> installer using the --add-this-kernel, followed by
> *custom.run.
> Everything seemed to run to completion without error.
> But when I booted up to run level 5 (graphic mode), as
> soon
> as the optical mouse light lit, normally the time when
> I get the
> nVidia splash screen alerting the successful starting
> of X and the gdm,
> all I get is a black screen. The computer is hung at
> this point.
> Ctl-Alt-Backspace will not yield a text login prompt.
> Only a
> hardware reset will unfreeze the CPU.
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will only restart the X server - and if
it's crashed this wont enable anything. Ctrl-Alt-F1 (to F6)
will get you to the login prompt and there you can start
tinkering.
Regards,
Daniel.
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