Re: X won't start, no errors in XFree86.0.log

["Jonathan Kallay" <yoni@kallay.net>]

I had already compiled the nVidia driver but had not yet replaced the Driver
line in XF86Config with the new driver- the nVidia docs suggested getting
the X setup working first with the "nv" driver before switching to theirs.
Just for kicks, I tried the nVidia driver, and lo and behold, it works.

>
> The symptoms leave me suspecting that the video card is getting switched
to
> a mode that the monitor cannot support (not hard to do, unfortunately - I
> often do it with X and with MS Windows) and that X cannot switch out of
> when exiting. But without the details, that can be no more than a vague
> guess. For real help, someone else on the list, someone who has actually
> used nVidea hardware and drivers, should jump in.
>
> At 03:46 PM 1/12/03 -0500, Jonathan Kallay wrote:
> >Ray,
> >   Thanks for the response.  Here are the answers to your questions, in
no
> >particular order.
> >   I changed the vsync and hsync values according to the specs I looked
up on
> >www.monitorworld.com, which are also consistent with the monitor type: a
> >mid-to-low-end 15" monitor.
> >
> >  CTRL-ALT-F* does not work.  There are no X processes running- so X did,
in
> >fact, fail to start.  I tried turning off the monitor, disconnecting it
from
> >the video card, powering it on, turning it off, reconnecting it, and
> >powering it on again.  The monitor will "click" after a few seconds, as
if
> >it is going into suspend mode, but the power light won't change to
orange.
> >
> >I can switch to a different virtual terminal, blindly login and type
> >commands, and they will work (e.g. shutdown -r now will reboot the
machine)
> >.  So it looks like the display is being knocked out without coming back
up
> >once X terminates.  I am using an NVidia TNT2 video card with the
standard
> >nv driver.
>
> [old stuff deleted]
>
>
>
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