SNIP > > > I used vi to change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (there wasn't any X8Config-4) > Driver from Nvidia to nv. Shutdown, reboot, back to the black screen and > command line. > From root, startX and crash. > Log file "/var/log/xfree86.0.log" using config file "etc/X11/XF86Config-4" > Using VT 7 > (WW)(NV(0): failed to set up write combining range (0xd4000000, 0x2000000) > (II) [GLX]" Calling GlxExtensionsInit > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting. > > What ever all that means. "nv" went further than "Nvidia" but it looks > like GLX stopped it. > SNIP
That error will because the system is picking up your old NVIDIA_GLX glx extension instead of the Mesa glx extension the open source driver uses. The simple solution is to uninstall the old Nvidia drivers. You can do that from a root console with the command urpme NVIDIA_GLX NVIDIA_kernel derek
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