Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui

From: Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:14:04 -0500
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver works, but
> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run `startx`, it
> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring up the
> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left corner.
>
> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr
> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq
>
> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able to hook
> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do with the
> VESA driver.
>

Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver and try
the intel driver?


>
> Thanks,
>
> Shawn
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-- 
Cheers,
Henry
Received on Wed Dec 10 2014 - 15:14:47 UTC

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