I managed to get X to start up, but lacking a serial mouse at the moment I couldn't do much. I think I have a PS/2->serial adapter here somewhere if I can find it. Using the "nv" driver, I notice that each time I start / stop X, my console gets progressively darker. After the fourth time the console is effectively black.
I also get this warning "nice() - permission denied" - Doug
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