[NVidia driver] ubuntu 9.10 boot issue

Asked by jemmyjone

hello sir/mam.
I use Sony Vaio vpccw1fa , Nvidia graphic card G210m .

I tried installing nvida graphic card driver in Ubuntu, after restarting the screen just went blank

I don't know what to do. i am not much of Ubuntu user. kindly elaborate on the solution. pls pls.
help me.

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delance (olivier-delance) said :
#1

Your screen is black as soon as you boot or do you have some text displayed ?

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jemmyjone (jemmyjone) said :
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yes ,i insatlled the display driver and it request for restarting the system. once it restarts it shows grub. after selecting ubuntu . some text is displayed scrolling through the screen and the instead of showing the login screen it shows black screen. its as if computer has been switched off.
but i do hear the login sound and everything so its sure that i have logged in but it doesnt give any display.
this is my problem.

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delance (olivier-delance) said :
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At end of startup step, Ubuntu try to launch X11 server, which display login screen...and it fails, which is related to your new display driver.
When you get Grub menu, select 2nd line (Linux recover if I remember) and if it works, switch to previous kernel.
Else we will have to use line command.

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jemmyjone (jemmyjone) said :
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im sorry but i dont find the option for recovery in my grub - i only fine windows 7 and ubuntu.

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jemmyjone (jemmyjone) said :
#5

sir/mam
i got it done . after installing the driver and restarting instead of showing a black screen ,it show a window with the following msg-

ubuntu running in low graphic mode
the following error was encountered. you may need to update your configuration to solve this.
(EE) sep 29 23:00 43 NVIDIA(0): no display driver found for X session.
(EE) screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

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delance (olivier-delance) said :
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Do you use proprietary NVidia driver ?
On a terminal, run command:
   sudo nvidia-xconfig
user manuel: http://linux.die.net/man/1/nvidia-xconfig

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delance (olivier-delance) said :
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Hello, what's the status of your bug ?
If a answer solved your problem, could use button "Solved my problem" near the answer.
If you solved you problem by yourself, could you provide this solution for following users and mark question solved.
Else, I will have some time this week to have a look.

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jemmyjone (jemmyjone) said :
#8

i got my issue fixed : this is what u do;

STEP 1:
in your terminal : gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add the following two lines to the "Device" section of your xorg.conf:
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    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0"
    Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0: /proc/acpi/video/NGFX/LCD/EDID"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For example, a complete "Device" section might look like this:
Section "Device"
        Identifier "InternalCard"
        Driver "nvidia"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0"
        Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0: /proc/acpi/video/NGFX/LCD/EDID"
        Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
EndSection

Then step 2:
in terminal :

>> gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
//add them to the end of the list--
-----------------------------------
blacklist amd76x_edac
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivatv
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivafb
------------------------------------

i hope it works for you !! best of luck ......... tc