On Wednesday 15 December 2010 09:55:37 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 12/15/10 09:40:48, Dale wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > For those mot up to date. I built a new rig that has a Nvidia GT220 > > card in it. I bought a brand new monitor this morning, a LG W2253, > > and > > it worked one time. I had to reboot to move some things around and > > when > > I rebooted, the GUI doesn't come up. The BIOS screen shows up and I > > can > > see the services start up as well but when it switches to vt7, it > > just > > > > has a little blinking cursor at the top. > > Have you changed the kernel? The nvidia-drivers (as well as the ati- > drivers) have to be re-emerged after (nearly) any change to the kernel. > Just re-emerge it, unload and reload the corresponding kernel module > and try again to startx. > > Helmut.
Also, when emerging the "nvidia-drivers", try making sure that "/usr/src/linux" points to the actual linux-sources you are booting from. (Not sure if necessary, but I always have that symlink to the current kernel) -- Joost
