Screen goes blank loading X
Paolo Ciarrocchi
paolo.ciarrocchi at gmail.com
Mon Sep 24 08:02:07 UTC 2007
On 9/22/07, Joachim Struss, Antonia Kostarakis <nintom at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 22:38 +0200, Marcelino Luna wrote:
> > I have this strange problem that is driving me nuts.
> >
> > Since I upgraded my PC (Kudoz 7 motherboard with a memory frequency
> of
> > 266 Mhz, an Athlon 1400Mhz and an Nvidia Geforce 4200) with a 512MB
> > DDR-333 module (a total of 1GB) Kubuntu seems to start but when the X
> > server loads the image on the screen goes blank (the monitor 'says'
> it
> > has no signal). Meanwhile I can hear what seems to be the desktop
> > finishing the loading.
> >
> > The machine seems to work well with Windows and so it does Linux if I
> > let it with just 512MB, the old two 256MB modules or the new one.
> >
> > I've tried to install Kubuntu on another hard disk and the problem
> arose
> > just when I installed the Nvidia drivers.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > //.arce
>
> I know exactly what it feels like. I have the same problem, but with a
> new install on a computer I just bought.
I'm facing the same problem on an ATI based box, see:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=555921
Care to add your details to the bug repor I opened?
Link is: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/144011
Regards,
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Paolo
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