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

[James Takac]

On Friday 24 August 2007 21:07:31 Niels Larsen wrote:
> 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

Hi Neils

Good to know it worked for you

James