X won't start - segmentations fault

Oliver Ruebenacker curoli at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 17:19:39 UTC 2011


     Hello,

  Some one suggested to install the NVIDIA driver. The installer
requires to disable Nouveau first. How can I disable Nouveau? Thanks!

     Take care
     Oliver

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli at gmail.com> wrote:
>     Hello,
>
>  Since this morning, X Windows on F14 on my Dell Latitude D820 laptop
> won't start up. It may or may not be since the first reboot after the
> latest updates during Sunday.
>
>  It says "Segmentation fault at address 0x3f"
>
>  I don't know whether it plays a role here, but in the log file, it
> also says that "Custom HAL configuration [...] If you have such
> configuration you will need to update it to the new format." with
> reference to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration.
> I have no idea what HAL is, and even after reading this page, I still
> have no idea whether this applies to me or what I would need to do if
> it does.
>
>  What can I do? Thanks!
>
>     Take care
>     Oliver
>
> --
> Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist
> Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil)
> Turning Knowledge Data into Models
> Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
> http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org
>



-- 
Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist
Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil)
Turning Knowledge Data into Models
Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org


More information about the users mailing list