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nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 package

  1. Bug #251107
  2. Comment #52

Comment 52 for bug 251107

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Solitaire (bill-s0l) wrote :

If you have a laptop and are experiencing a Blank Screen when you install the Nvidia drivers. Try the following:

If you have laptop try the following change your xorg.conf

Add the following lines to the "Device" section:

Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

it should look something like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection

First additional line forces the Drivers to display on the laptop screen instead of a CRT.
Second line fixes the "white screen" issue people are seeing with these drivers.

Then reboot. it should work now.

Many thanks to magnuseh @ NVNews.net forums for this trick.
(http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122152)