Re: Get display back?

Found a better guide with "build-essential /m-a prepare " which has worked (i think) as i got the display back when i rebooted X. Is there an easy way to test whether the nvidia driver is working?

On 8/6/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
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> 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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