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Message #105495
Re: [Bug 660596] Re: Black screen after installing Nvidia drivers on 10.10
@Kasper Nymand
"nv" driver is not the NVIDIA driver, its an opensource driver for nvidia
cards. I cant play games without the nvidia'r proparatory driver :(
2011/1/19 Kasper Nymand <660596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I got the exact same problem.
>
> I have an NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, and got this same problem, when I tried
> to update to the NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Driver update (from NVIDIA).
> I'd also got the black screen (everytime I tried), and had to reboot in
> Recovery Mode, and edit the 'xorg.conf' file, back to the 'nv' driver.
>
> And then it works fine again, but without the 3D Acceleration
> "software", in the NVIDIA driver.
>
> I hope to see an update, on this bug very soon.
>
> Thank you in advance! :-)
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
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> Title:
> Black screen after installing Nvidia drivers on 10.10
>
> Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> The exact problem I face is that as soon as I install the Nvidia
> recommended drivers using the "Hardware Driver Manager", I restart the
> system but it never gets past the login splash screen. After I log in
> it simply goes to a black screen and sits like this indefinately. I
> can hear the login sound but there is no image.
>
> My GPU: Nvidia Gforce 8400GS 256MB RAM PCIe Ubuntu Maverick 10.10
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Title:
Black screen after installing Nvidia drivers on 10.10
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