Latest update boots to blank screen (nvidia)

CS DBA cs_dba at consistentstate.com
Thu Aug 25 14:48:31 UTC 2011


On 08/24/2011 02:10 PM, CS DBA wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> I have an IBM Thinkpad with an Nvidia card ( nVidia Corporation GT218 
> [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) )
>
> I currently have the nouveau driver black listed in my grub.conf 
> setup: /rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=nouveau/
>
> I did the update which installed/updated the following:
>
> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.35.14-95.fc14 set to be installed
> ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.35.14-95.fc14 set to be installed
> ---> Package kernel-headers.i686 0:2.6.35.14-95.fc14 set to be updated
> ---> Package kmod-nvidia.i686 1:280.13-2.fc14 set to be updated
>
> However when I reboot the system boots to a blank screen, and even the 
> previous kernel boots to a blank screen.
> I tried installing akmod-nvidia but get the same results
>
> I've restored the system back to before the update for now...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------
> Kevin Kempter       -       Constent State
> A PostgreSQL Professional Services Company
>            www.consistentstate.com
> ---------------------------------------------


Anyone have any suggestions how to debug this?

Thanks in advance...



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