** Description changed: 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. + I'm unable to start X11 on this (13", Mid-2009) 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
** Description changed: I couldn't see this anywhere else reported, so here it goes: I'm unable to start X11 on this (13", Mid-2009) 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. + When changing xorg.conf to use the "vesa" driver, X11 hangs as well, + show just a few color fragments on top of the screen and cannot be + zapped either. This is how it looks with "vesa": + http://nerdbynature.de/bits/414259/xorg_vesa.jpg + 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 -- 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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs