Re: Get display back?

Keep the reply on the list please.

On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 02:44:45PM +1200, Jeff wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> >Another way to get into the box is to boot the install CD in rescue
> >mode. From the menus, you can get a shell that is chrooted into the
> >box. From there, you can either edit xorg.conf or you may even be able
> >to run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.
> >
> >Also, there's an option inbetween a normal boot and an init=/bin/sh,
> >that is 's', for single. This will run through the /etc/rcS.d scripts
> >and prompt for the root password.
> >
> Thanks for that! I booted the single user mode from the Grub Menu and
> got the command prompt from there.
> Ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg as root then changed the driver back
> to "nv" and the display is back.
>
 

So, on to why the nvidia driver isn't working for you. Are you running Etch with stock kernel and have the matching nvidia kernel package, nvidia-xconfig, and nvidia-glx? How did you try to set it up before?

Doug.

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