no tty, only blank screen with nvidia driver from repos
Bug #155100 reported by
David Bamberger
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-common (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
trying to switch to tty (CTRL+ALT+F**) i only get blank screens (out of range). It's not related to #48901 because i have no vga=xxx option in my grub menu.list. This problem only appears with nvidia driver, nv works without problems. i think the terminal works (i can access them by keyboard) but i have no screenoutput.
David
Workaround/Fix:
Using EnvyNG to install nvidia driver version 96.43.05 (probably any later version, too) resolves the problem.
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-restricted-modules: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in nvidia-common: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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Confirmed here also, originally had the virtual terminals prior to allowing Gutsy to install the nvidia restricted drivers. I have no vga=xxx in my /grub/menu.lst either.
Attempted to perform a fix mentioned by others of:
sudo modprobe vga16fb
sudo modprobe fbcon
With no improvement, please note I did not reboot if that was necessary as my BIOS is dieing and sometimes won't reboot the machine, I will risk it if someone confirms that a reboot is needed to try it however.