HP DV9540 laptop AMD64 with nVidia G8400M graphic card will not start in X mode

[Niels Larsen]

On Friday 24 August 2007 06:03:52 James Takac wrote:
> On Friday 24 August 2007 13:16:12 Niels Larsen wrote:
> > I just bought a HP DV9540 laptop with nVidia G8400M graphic card.
> >
> > I have tried to install both kubuntu and ubuntu, both i386 and amd64, but
> > they all ended up with a black screen - it sounded as the install was ok.
> >
> > I succeded to install in debian etch, both amd64 and i386, but also there
> > I could not get X (KDE) to work.
> >
> > I got: Fatal server error: no screens found
> >
> > Then I installed newest nvidia driver from:
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_100.14.11.html
> > and I got it to work once, then I got segmentation 11 fault.
> >
> > Now I have installed debian etch i386, but did not succeed in geting the
> > nvidia newest driver to work from:
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.11.html
> >
> > However I installed, with "module-assistant", nvidia-kernel, and
> > nvidia-glx is installed, but it only works with a "vesa" driver, and the
> > screen looks awful.
> >
> > :-?
>
> Hi Neils
>
> I have a similar card and had to use the enny script to install the nvidia
> driver. You'll likely need to uninstall the current one before using envy
> though. You can find it at
>
> http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
>
> If by chance this one works for you, you may well have to edit
> your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to get resolutions greater than 1024x768
>
> James

Thanks.

It worked in a "flash" *smile*

Regards Niels