Public bug reported: I couldn't see this anywhere else reported, so here it goes:
I'm unable to start X11 on this MacBookPro [0] with a current Karmic installation. I did not succeed with Jaunty either, so I moved on to Karmic. IIRC xorg is using the proprietary "nvidia" driver as a default. The driver has been compiled via DKMS and gets loaded too - I can see the Nvidia splash logo when X11 tries to start. After that the screen goes black - and I cannot zap it via ALT-Backspace. I have to login from another machine an kill the X process. Unfortunately the Xorg.log just stops logging at one point, no errors (EE) are reported. Then I did "X -configure" to generate a new xorg.conf - used that, same result. Then I changed to driver to "nv", but X11 wouldn't start and this time Xorg.log is very descriptive - the nv driver does not support[1] the on-board GeForce 9400M card. So, X does not even fall into this failack mode, it just is unable to start, at all. And I'm a bit lost on how to debug this. Also, I don't really want to use the "nvidia" driver and would prefer the "nv" one - but if "nvidia" is the only possibility to get this running, so be it. Thanks, Christian. [0] http://support.apple.com/kb/SP541 [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/261977 ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- no X11 with MBP and GeForce 9400M https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414259 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
