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[Yorik van Havre <yorik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same problem here (vostro 3500 + maverick 64bits).
The problem seems to be due to the fact that that vostro model has a dual graphic chip (one built-in inside the i5 CPU and a nvidia chip), that supports a new technology called "hybrid graphics" that allow the OS to switch which graphic chip it uses on the fly, for power-saving. Currently the nvidia linux driver doesn't support this technology. Doing "lspci" indeed shows 2 VGA adapters, the intel and the nvidia. I suppose the nvidia driver only probes for the first one (the intel), and therefore reports "no screen found"...

So now I'm looking at 2 solutions:
- Try to make hybrid-graphics work: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux
- Try to disable the intel chip to see if the nvidia driver "finds" the correct chip

I'll post back when I make some progresses...

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nvidia propietary driver fails to load X with geforce 310M
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