I thought that I was deleting left overs from KDE. I don't use KDE. Was watching very carefully at synaptic messages. Let me try what you said and get back to you.
On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 11:54 -0500, Chris Knadle wrote: > On 2011-03-31 10:40, Mark Wallace wrote: > > Says that it is running in low graphics mode. says "failed to set drm > > interface version > > sAys kernal modesetting setup failed > > says screens found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Okay, that information is a lot more useful. I recently ran into this > myself on another machine with an Nvidia videocard in it -- and a kernel > update caused exactly these errors to appear and the grahpics failed to > start. > > First, here's what I did that fixed the problem that I had: > > - modify /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf to turn off kernel modesetting: > options i915 modeset=0 > > - modify /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf to blacklist nouveau driver: > blacklist nouveau > > What's going on is this: the newer kernels try to load the open-source > nouveau driver by default, which is capable of getting 3D to work with > older Nvidia cards that are difficult to support with the proprietary > drivers. Unfortunately this also involves turning on kernel mode mode > setting (KMS), and when this is active the "normal" 2D drivers such as > "vesa", "nv", etc, cannot load. The result is that if the nouveau > driver tries to load and doesn't work, nothing else will either. > > The other thing to know is that this likely wasn't something you did -- > i.e. I don't think this is a matter of missing files. Rather I think > this is due to a kernel update that tries one of the KMS drivers > (nouveau, raidion, Intel i915, etc), fails, and then none of the > "normal" X.org drivers can load, either. > -- A vote for Harper is a vote for more polarized politics and another election in two years. He is too polarizing to get a majority. Jack Leyton is a great guy but he is not going to be the next prime minister of Canada. Gilles Duceppe wants to tear Canada apart, do you? Mike Ingnatief wants to help you with your family. Mark Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Tel: (845) 566-0586 US Cell (845) 541-7396 Ca Cell: (902) 314-4521 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra
