X won't start on F14 - I've run out of ideas!
Claude Jones
cjoneslists at tehogeeservices.com
Thu Oct 14 20:06:00 UTC 2010
On 10/14/2010 2:29 PM, Phil Meyer wrote:
> A recent kernel had debug mode turned on. The nvidia module will not
> load with debug mode on.
>
> I had to rebuild the kernel by hand to fix the issue, but the latest
> kernel I have installed: 2.6.35.6-39.fc14.x86_64, seems to work again.
>
> Another thing to watch for, is that many motherboards with integrated
> graphics and an installed PCIe card that you want as the main display,
> may not work during an install.
>
> If you have IGP you may want to set that to the default in the BIOS and
> try again.
>
> But in this specific case, you may have hit a kernel with debug mode on.
I did try to start with three previous kernels I still had - I also
removed the nVidia proprietary driver and all it's tentacles and
reverted to nouveau - nothing has fixed the problem; Marko and I have
both looked through the log files I posted a link to elsewhere in this
thread, but saw no smoking gun...it's very strange
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Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
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