X won't start - segmentations fault

[James McKenzie]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>
>
>
>     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
>
Please bottom or interleave post please.

You have to de-install the Nouveau driver first and then install the
proprietary nVidia driver.

James McKenzie