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OK. In order, I

   1. Reinstalled current nVidia drivers from synaptic
   2. Created a custom Xorg config with nvidia-xconfig
   3. Ran the janitor script
   4. Set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""
   5. Ran update-grub
   6. Rebooted
   7. Rebooted

And once again, the system refused to start X. At least the errors are
different :(

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux cimarron 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP
Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
root=UUID=51fd34d6-4130-468d-adc2-ea597ce0e73b ro acpi_osi="!Windows 2006"
Build Date: 23 April 2010  05:11:46PM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7 (Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxx>)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jun  1 21:18:39 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
(/lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko): No such device
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
(EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
giving up.
xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

New Xorg log attached.

Changed back to the old xorg.conf file. Changed /etc/default/grub back to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”i915.modeset=1″.

X starts normally.

So what now?

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 00:28, Ben Klausner <klausner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How would I create a custom Xorg config?
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 00:13, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  Apologies, my other comments stand though...
>>
>>
>> On 31/05/10 16:57, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>
>> As I said in the original post, the janitor script was where I started.
>>
>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 23:30, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  It's still initializing the Intel card, my hard switch would work for
>>> you here, but first try creating a specific Xorg config for the nVidia card
>>> - are you using the janitor scripts?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31/05/10 14:13, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>>
>>> Well my last boot was with the arguments:
>>>
>>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”i915.modeset=1″
>>>
>>> which I don't think is what you want. The previous boot was with no args
>>> for that variable. The file for that is too big to append to a list, so I've
>>> put a copy here <http://www.frijoles.net/Xorg.0.log.old.gz> temporarily.
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 20:49, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say?
>>>>
>>>> On 31/05/10 13:21, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's a VGN-Z530N, which was one of the earliest Z series. I've run W7 on
>>>> it, but don't know if it is officially W7 supporting.
>>>>
>>>> That said, my problem is not what you describe in the blog post. I get a
>>>> readable display, but can't start X.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 16:34, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you have a Win7 supporting BIOS, that doesn't work any more... is
>>>>> this a VPC, or VGN?  For VGNs, you can read my post here:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://0xc0dedbad.com/blog/2010/01/30/dual-boot-linux-and-windows-7-on-sony-vaio-z/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31/05/10 05:47, Ben Klausner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Z530N. Ran the janitor script, which seemed
>>>>> to be successful. Made sure that /etc/default/grub had the line:
>>>>>
>>>>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""
>>>>>
>>>>> Rebooted a couple of times, and noticed that the boot messages came up
>>>>> in a much smaller font than before, presumably because the screen was at a
>>>>> higher res setting.
>>>>>
>>>>> But instead of the login splash, I get an error "can't open display",
>>>>> and get dumped to the command line! Put GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX back the way it
>>>>> was, rebooted twice (why does it take two boots?), and got back where I was,
>>>>> with graphics, but locked in STAMINA mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>>
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