I seem to have come right... but at a cost.... I used the solution mentioned in the forum I mentioned above:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System->Administration->Hardware Drivers - Activate the 177.80 drivers - DO NOT RESTART YET Open a terminal and enter the following Code: sudo lspci | grep VGA The output will be something like the following; 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1) 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1) Take note of the number at the start. This is the BusID. In this example it's 01:00:0 Then in terminal type Code: sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Add or edit the Device section, putting your Busid that you noted earlier in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, this still gave the same error... I then edited xorg.conf and set the secondary adapter as the primary one and the xserver started!!! But SLI was disabled. I then changed xrog.conf back to the first device and I booted with another screen plugged into the other card (so now I have 2 screens, although it doesn't detect the second one for some reason). I can now get into the gui and SLI works!! :-) Only shlep is I need to use a spare screen to boot my pc every time :-/ -- Only can get a command prompt after installing Nvidia 177.80 drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291897 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
