Screen goes blank loading X

[Paolo Ciarrocchi]

On 9/24/07, Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Update just to say that I just update the box and the problem is still there :-(

Regards,
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