Hi there,
Phill Coxon wrote:
I also have problems with Mandrake 10.0 booting into X.
It boots just fine but fails to find the custom nvidia video driver and
X fails, returning back to the login prompt.
I have to modprobe the video driver each time before I can start X.
I had this same issue...it seems to stem from the kernel deciding that the nvidia kernel module is 'tainted'. Putting a 'modprobe nvidia' into /etc/rc.local, or putting 'nvidia' into /etc/modules usually will fix that, but my system boots so quick that /etc/init.d/dm starts X before the modprobe is given a chance to happen...without the kernel driver X will not boot, and drop you back to a console...
I fixed it by putting 'modprobe nvidia' into the start of /etc/init.d/dm
Let me know if that fixes it or not...
-- Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand. Canterbury Horse Taxis. http://www.horsetaxis.co.nz/