FC21 intermittently booting up to black/blank screen

[linuxnutster]

On 02/04/2015 02:19 PM, poma wrote:
> On 04.02.2015 13:18, linuxnutster at videotron.ca wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Subsequent to a fedup from FC20 to FC21, I've been having bootup issues
>> which I believe are VGA driver related. Every now and then I start my
>> computer and it boots up to a blank screen and hangs. When I move the
>> mouse, an X-shaped cursor appears. The latter does move with the mouse.
>> Once I hit reset, it boots up normally each time.
>>
>> My vga card is an nvidia Geforce 210 ( Asus en210 ) 1GB. I started off
>> by manually installing the nvidia proprietary, with no change, and then
>> moved to akmod-nvidia-304xx. The issue remained. I am now using the
>> akmod-nvidia-340xx and still have the same problem. It seems to me I had
>> this problem for a little while under FC20 when it was released.
>>
>> Please note, I am not an expert. I tend to be an "install it and use it"
>> type of user. I'm looking for input on how to troubleshoot this issue -
>> logs, etc... also...am I the only one experiencing this?
>>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems#NVIDIA_Proprietary_Graphics_Drivers
> https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/
>
> I am also "install it and use it" type of user. :)
> Are not we all?
>
>
Not precisely. You are more akin to the "expert" category I mentioned. 
I've seen your posts :-) So, basically, reverting back to the nouveau 
driver will mean less annoying issues....