Re: [SLE] I have lost X-display

From: Anders Johansson (andjoh_at_rydsbo.net)
Date: 07/27/03

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Date: 27 Jul 2003 05:58:46 +0200

    On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 05:55, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
    > * Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> [07-26-03 22:47]:
    > > On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 05:33, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
    > > > I also notice:
    > > > Fatal server error:
    > > > no screens found
    > > >
    > > > Why would 'no screens' happen?
    > >
    > > Because it failed to initialise the driver.
    > >
    > > NVdriver is very old, exactly which version of nvidia's driver are you
    > > running.
    >
    > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123
    > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123

    hm, I don't remember when they switched names, but 3123 is pretty old.

    >
    > 336520 Sep 16 2002 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
    >
    >
    > > Automated updates are *not* a good thing. I'm guessing you got an old
    > > GLX driver but you still have the new kernel driver (named nvidia.o, not
    > > NVdriver)
    >
    > And to correct this (?? go to nVidia and get later driver ??).

    Either that, or if you want to keep your old driver, check why NVdriver
    won't load. perhaps "modprobe NVdriver" gives some interesting error
    messages. Perhaps you need to reinstall it.

    But I would go for the upgrade. The newer drivers are better 

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