On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 00:28:42 +0200 Edgar Kalkowski <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I somewhere read something about the latest nvidia driver being > broken for notebook chips. I’m not sure if this is correct or was > just an issue with the beta drivers but especially as you mention > that it worked again after changing to vesa drivers I thought this > might be the case here. > > I’m using nvidia drivers for my notebook as well but have not yet > updated them because I read that it might cause problems. Are you, > too, running a notebook? If so I’d be interested to hear if the > latest nvidia drivers work ok for you. > > Edgar > > > > Am oder ungefähr am Samstag, 01. August 2009, um 23:58:58 schrieb > Luís Moreira: > > Hello. > > > > The last update broke my Xorg, the screen just goesn black and hangs > > there, CTRL+ALT+F1 (etc) doesn't do anything. > > > > I'm using X86_64, *without* [testing]. > > > > The updated packages were > > > > kernel26 > > nvidia > > xorg-server > > (and some others, less important) > > > > If I change the driver in xorg.conf from nvidia to vesa X works > > again. > > > > Anyone experienced the same thing? > > > > Best regards, > > Luís Moreira. > > Correct, I'm using a laptop with a NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 7300 graphics card. On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:33:33 -0700 Giovanni Scafora <giovanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2009/8/1, Luís Moreira <lmm1987@xxxxxxxxx>: > > nvidia > > Are you using nvidia-185.18.31-1? > > Yes, I updated to that version, the latest ones. Best regards, Luís Moreira.
