Author Topic: SOLVED new nvidia driver breaks x (Read 3463 times)

Afkpuz · « **on:** October 02, 2009, 10:39:15 pm »

So, I did a fresh install of 710 from the dvd and noticed that the screen would flicker when the UI was up. So, I went to update the video driver and now I receive this message after bootup.

Failed to start X

I have tried holding down shift during bootup, but the AV wizard won't show up. my xorg.conf is set to use the nvidia driver, not vesa. Any ideas?

huh · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2009, 10:50:39 pm »

Had a similar issue with a intel video card, but had the same start X error, from another device, I had to ssh into my MD and run the command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Then you can probably hold down shift on the next reboot to get the AVWizard. Not a dev, so YMMV.

Afkpuz · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2009, 10:57:33 pm »

I've already tried that with now luck. Oh, and my video card is an nvidia 9 series. Can't remember exact model

Afkpuz · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2009, 11:09:23 pm »

I'm not sure what I did, but I made sure that the driver in my xorg.conf was listed correctly as "nvidia" and I did a dpkg-reconfig... for xorg.conf.

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