X Error: Blank screen

[Tim Alberts]

It is also good to look through the system logs (typically /var/log/messages) 
for nvidia driver errors.  I've had problems before and when I looked there 
it told me precisely what setting in the BIOS to change and after that it 
worked great...  Compliments to NVidia!

On Friday 16 April 2004 13:22, Eric Diamond wrote:
> Friday, April 16, 2004 1:44 PM Dhananjay D. Makwana sent:
> > When I start X, my screen goes completely blank. I am using
> > just one mode of 1600x1200 with 24 bit color. It picks up the
> > correct "nv" driver.
>
> According to the NVIDIA driver site, there is a problem with older
> drivers, theirs and the generic XF86 drivers with the Samsung notebooks.
> Their newest driver, v 1.0-5336, addresses this problem. Download it
> from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-5336.html.
>
> Eric Diamond
> eDiamond Networking & Security
> 303-246-9555
> eric at ediamond.net