On Thursday 15 October 2009 05:45:53 am Thomas Bewick wrote: > Hi, I am no developer and just joined the list and not that experienced > with Linux. > So, if this is totally off the wall please bear with me. > But I think I had a similar problem a few months back with Puppy Linux. > > I had upgraded to a new version of Puppy with a new kernel and then > tried to install the same Nivida graphics driver for my Nvidia card that > I had stored on my hard drive, and X failed after I installed the > driver. > It was because the driver was for an older kernel and caused X to fail. > I had to get a new updated driver and reinstall and it. > > Tom B > Tom, Thanks for the idea. I'll try anything at this point. I'll remove the xf86- video-intel package and reinstall it and see if that help. I'll report back. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
