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[Xen-users] nvidia proprietary drivers

To: Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] nvidia proprietary drivers
From: Michael Ralston <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:03:59 +1000
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Andrew Lyon<andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Michael Ralston<michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> When I start X with an nvidia driver, the screen goes black and the
>> ...
>> machine useful again.
>
> I have you tried running strace on the X process when it is in this state?
>
> Can you post the X.org log ? (probably /var/log/Xorg.0.log)
>

The output of an strace and the X.org log are attached.

>>
>> Boris seems to think this is because I have a slightly older geforce
>> ...
>> video card.
>
> Might be worth a try, I had problems with the first card I tried which
> I believe was a 9600GT,
>

I tried a geforce 8600, with identical results. (Black screen, needs
hard reboot).

I guess I'll try hardy next, unless the strace and X.org log can tell
you something?

-- Michael

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