X doesn't want to work

[bluejeans]

i tried the daryna live cd and it worked great in my vaio laptop.... so i installed it to disc.
but when i rebooted off the HD i couldn't get X to start... i rebooted in singe user mode and watched the precess; it loads everything with no problem except that when it's all done i get "warning: not loading the blacklisted module ipv6"
logged in as root i can manuver via command line but as soon as i type "startx" the screen goes completely black (though the computer's still running) and i have to pull the plug to get it to shut down.

any help would be appreciated.

[nick]

Hi

"warning: not loading the blacklisted module ipv6" do

Do not worry about that, it is because it is blacklisted

Try, at single user mode

sudo envy -t

and select your graphics driver to be installed

i.e. Nvidia etc

reboot, if still no X

run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.


"and i have to pull the plug to get it to shut down"

Just type

sudo halt


Nick

[bluejeans]

Try, at single user mode

sudo envy -t

tried that.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.

tried that too... still no x

[blu3ness]

post some logs, it'll help

[bluejeans]

thanks blu3ness, sorry i'm a bit tardy.

i'm now sure that the problem lies in the the 3d display setting... ( i had an identical situation when booting mandriva yesterday, i got into xconf and disabled all 3d effects/support after which x worked fine) i am now looking for how to do the same in MINT... i don't see xconf, where is the setting in mint to disable 3d ???