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   Subject: Re: Nvidia driver problem   
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   Seaside Peter wrote:   
   > Running 6.10 with an Nvidia FX5900XT graphics card.   
   >    
   > Following the instructions on the Edgy forum I did sudo apt-get install   
   > nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common, followed by sudo nvidia-xconfig.   
   >    
   > The word nvidia was written to xorg.conf in place of nv.   
   >    
   > However - rebooting just gives me a black screen. I have to go into   
   > recovery mode and re-write nv as the driver in xorg.conf to get a screen   
   > up.   
   >    
   > What am I doing wrong?   
      
   I had probs using the drivers from the repositories too. I only was able    
   to resolve it by downloading the driver from nVidia's site and following    
   their simple directions..   
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