nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

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Panruru

nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

Post by Panruru »

I've spent all afternoon trying to get nvidia drivers to work, and I'm just about at the end of my rope. I'm a newb, so any help you could give me would be much appreciated.

I have a Samsung laptop with a GeForce GT 520MX video card. I've tried using a few different tutorials to install drivers, but whenever I run nvidia-xconfig I get a black screen with a cursor at restart. Each time, I go into terminal and delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart and end up back where I started. Please help.
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Panruru

Re: nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

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Thanks for the links! Unfortunately, none of the solutions suggested there worked but I was able to fix my problems by installing LM11 instead.
äxl

Re: nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

Post by äxl »

Panruru wrote:Each time, I go into terminal
The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old could give some clues.
CapitalG

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Panruru wrote:I've spent all afternoon trying to get nvidia drivers to work, and I'm just about at the end of my rope. I'm a newb, so any help you could give me would be much appreciated.

I have a Samsung laptop with a GeForce GT 520MX video card. I've tried using a few different tutorials to install drivers, but whenever I run nvidia-xconfig I get a black screen with a cursor at restart. Each time, I go into terminal and delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart and end up back where I started. Please help.
im curious which tutorial did you use?
nomko

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CapitalG wrote:im curious which tutorial did you use?
Didn't used the Search function??? :mrgreen:

See here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=42
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Re: nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

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Does your laptop have hybrid graphics?

Please run this command in terminal and post the output:

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inxi -Gx
If it shows both Intel and nvidia graphics please install Bumblebee, or disable Intel graphics in the BIOS (if possible).
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toomuchcoffee

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Post by toomuchcoffee »

AlbertP wrote:Does your laptop have hybrid graphics?

Please run this command in terminal and post the output:

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inxi -Gx
If it shows both Intel and nvidia graphics please install Bumblebee, or disable Intel graphics in the BIOS (if possible).

Bumbleblee on LMDE?
CapitalG

Re: nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

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nomko wrote:
CapitalG wrote:im curious which tutorial did you use?
Didn't used the Search function??? :mrgreen:

See here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=42
:lol:
äxl

Re: nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

Post by äxl »

toomuchcoffee wrote:Bumbleblee on LMDE?
http://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee
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Re: nvidia-xconfig gives black screen at restart

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Oh yes, you're right. I should have given the Debian link instead of the Ubuntu one on LMDE.
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