Comment 9 for bug 313938

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DeathStrikeVirus (deathstrikevirus) wrote :

These instructions solved my problem entirely.
I have a similar bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/307073
Though I think mine is SLI related, since Xorg didn't know what to do with two GPUs.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=965180&page=4
[QUOTE=Cambo;6082619]I was having the same problem of X not starting up after installing Intrepid. (We won't go into the mess that was created trying to upgrade Hardy :/ )

The answer I ended up working out was to add a Busid entry in the Device section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

To find the correct Busid, I used;

    sudo lspci | grep VGA

The output I got from this was;

    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1)
    04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1)

(Yes, SLI :D )

So, I then edited the Device section of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to read as follows;

    Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 Driver "nvidia"
    EndSection

A quick;

    sudo service gdm restart

and I was greeted by X running at the maximum resolution of my LCD monitor.

Hope that helps one or two of you.

Cambo[/QUOTE]