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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Thursday, December 9, 2004 7:26:45 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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!! Troubleshooting
If the [XServer] doesn't start, you typically get a black screen or drop back to the command line. Be sure to check the server messages, and if necessary, the log file (<tt>/var/log/XFree.0.log</tt> or <tt>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</tt>).
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+If you use a "vanilla" 2.6.9 LinuxKernel, you will probably need nvidia driver version 1.0-6629 or later. 6111 and 5336 failed to compile against 2.6.9 for me (JohnMcPherson) due to a symbol that is no longer exported to modules by the kernel.
