----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 17:33 Subject: Re: X server wont start again.
> Hello > > Hoyt Bailey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I checked XFree86Config-4 and it had changed but I still dont know > > how. The change was the driver and the video card. > > Old New > > nvidia nv Driver > > GeForce4 MX440 Generic Video Card > > > > I changed it back to the old config it still wont start and the only > > thing I > > can find is: "the nice level is set to 0 not -10 as recommeded". > > Where do you set the nice level? > > Maybe that's not the problem. Check your "Screen" Section. The name of > the graphic card to use is also mentioned there and probably still set > to "Generic Video Card", while you changed it to "GeForce4 MX440" in > the "Device" section. Both names must be identical. By the way, it > would be a safer way to run > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > and select the "nvidia" driver. This way, debconf will know of your > settings and not change them back again the next time X us upgraded or > debconf reconfigures the XFree config. You need the nvidia driver > anyway because your GF4 is not supported by the version of XFree you > run. Or you tell debconf not to manage the XFree config at all. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > > -- > Andreas Janssen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 > Registered Linux User #267976 > Well I ran dpkg -reconfigure ... and the "nvidia" driver wasnt there but the "nv" driver was so I let it go and it didnt start. Then I replaced the "nv" driver with the "nvidia" driver, rebooted, and X started. I remembered that fsck ran just prior to this problem first time in 37 boots according to fsck. Could this have been the problem and how can I get "nvidia" to replace "nv" in debconf? Regards; Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
