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   From: odie    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Nvidia driver problem   
   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:05:30 +0100   
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   Seaside Peter wrote:   
   > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:40:45 +0000, clay wrote:   
   >    
   >> Seaside Peter wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:58:32 +0000, clay wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Seaside Peter wrote:   
   >>>>> Running 6.10 with an Nvidia FX5900XT graphics card.   
   >>>>> ...rebooting just gives me a black screen...   
   >>>>> What am I doing wrong?   
   >>>> ...not using tseliot's skript?   
   >>>> http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Works a treat for Nvidia and ATi cards.   
   >>>> More reading:   
   >>>> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=255929   
   >>> Thanks for the input - I tried your suggestion, with exactly the same   
   >>> result. Ubuntu is running (I can hear the right sounds) but the monitor   
   >>> switches off. Entering recovery mode and editing the driver back to nv is   
   >>> the only way I can restore the status quo and post this....   
   >> When I used it (for an ATi 9600 Pro) I used the skript to first    
   >> uninstall the existing drivers and then install.   
   >> Might try uninstalling via the skript, then install.   
   >    
   > Thanks to all for their advice. Many hours of tinkering lie ahead! Will   
   > post any successes....   
   >    
   Just a wild guess:   
   Maybe the nvidia configuration script changed the resolution and    
   refreshrate of your monitor in a mode the monitor can't handle?   
      
   I don't think this is the problem, but it should not take long to check    
   this...   
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