I can confirm this issue for my notebook. Downgrading to the previous version of nvidia and nvidia-utils (version 185.18.14-1) fixed the issue. Graphics Processor: Quadro NVS 140M -Tim Edgar Kalkowski 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. >>
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