New install and Nvidia

[Mark Fraser]

On Monday 13 Jun 2011 22:31:39 Waleed Hamra wrote:
> On 06/12/2011 12:30 PM, Mark Fraser wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 Jun 2011 20:48:03 Waleed Hamra wrote:
> >> On 06/11/2011 02:49 PM, Mark Fraser wrote:
> >>> On Thursday 09 Jun 2011 08:23:07 Alvin wrote:
> >>>> On Thursday 09 June 2011 09:13:40 Mark Fraser wrote:
> >>>>> I've tried twice in two days to do a new OEM install of Kubuntu
> >>>>> 11.04. Both times it has failed after I have installed the
> >>>>> proprietary Nvidia drivers with "Additional Drivers".
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I did an OEM install, rebooted, installed the updates, rebooted and
> >>>>> then installed the Nvidia drivers. After rebooting again, the splash
> >>>>> screen was just a series of black/white lines and the KDE splash
> >>>>> stopped part way through displaying the KDE logo.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I have searched the Internet and found this on Kubuntu Forums,
> >>>>> http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3116528.0. Which
> >>>>> wasn't much help.
> >>>> 
> >>>> What model nvidia card do you have, what version of the drivers did
> >>>> you install and what method (jockey-text?) did you use?
> >>> 
> >>> It is either a Nvidia 7200 or 7300 series card. I used jockey-kde to
> >>> install the drivers.
> >>> 
> >>> Will check on the driver version next time I turn it on.
> >> 
> >> ok then. explain what you mean by "stopped part way through displaying
> >> the KDE logo."?
> > 
> > It means that the KDE splash screen stops just as it is displaying the
> > 5th icon - the KDE. Sometimes it will end up displaying a black screen
> > with just the pointer.
> > 
> >> does that mean the process hanged? or that X shut down after reaching
> >> that stage?
> >> secondly, if the computer is still usable after this failed login, try
> >> and enter a TTY (CTRL+SHIFT+F1), login, and make a copy of your X log,
> >> that you can copy/paste to the list.
> >> 
> >> cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/
> >> 
> >> then, login from a live cd, or any installed system that works, and
> >> attach this log to us, or preferably, use a pastebin and send us the
> >> link.
> > 
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/625021/
> > 
> >> another thing to check, run the following command in a terminal, and
> >> give us the result:
> >> 
> >> cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
> > 
> > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  270.41.19  Mon May 16
> > 23:31:36 PDT 2011
> > GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
> > 
> > lspci says that the card is a:
> > nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS] (rev a1)
> 
> ok, the logs and proc directory both show that X is fine and that nvidia
> is loaded properly. so i'm thinking this isn't a nvidia issue.
> is your home directory an old one? or a new one created with the install?
> if old, can you try renaming .kde?

Tried that, still won't boot unless I disable the Nvidia drivers in xorg.conf.
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