Fedora 6 randomly boots into text-mode or GUI login
After installing Nvidia's proprietrary driver,
booting Fedora 6 now hits and stays at the text-mode screen (console 1). gdm does start in console 7 (and beeps for whatever reason). Every once in a while, Fedora correctly switches to gdm. This is a weird timing problem interacting between X, initscripts, and Nvidia's driver (??). Please email if there's a fix. |
Fedora 6 randomly boots into text-mode or GUI login
[ Duplicate aol.redhat removed ]
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.x.] On 9 Dec 2006 15:46:11 -0800, Nathan Bates staggered into the Black Sun and said: After installing Nvidia's proprietary driver, booting Fedora 6 now stays at the text-mode screen (console 1). gdm starts in console 7 (and beeps for whatever reason). Every once in a while, Fedora correctly switches to gdm. [Is this] a weird timing problem between X, init scripts, and Nvidia's driver? Impossible to tell from the info you've provided. Is there anything odd in the output from dmesg? Is there anything odd in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? What's the output of "uname -a"? Which version of the evil binary-only nvidia module are you using? If you don't know that, do this: mallory:~$ dmesg | grep NVRM NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 Kernel Module 1.0-8776 ....so I'm using 8776 here (latest version marked stable in Gentoo). Different version#s have different problems, and it may be that an earlier (or later) version of the modules doesn't display the problems you're seeing. Please email if there's a fix. No, please post to Usenet if you have additional info. Nathan, usually conversations that start on Usenet should remain there (unless they get seriously off-topic) so that more people can talk about whatever the topic is. And asking for e-mailed replies has been considered gauche for 10 years. HTH anyway, -- Observe the haggis carefully for at least one minute. If you see any movement, take out your revolver and shoot the haggis until it stops moving. --Ground Control on everything2, "How to toast a Haggis". Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see |
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