Hi all, Thanks for taking the time to read this. I try to solve things by myself, but I'm at a loss for the next step in troubleshooting this one.
After install, I attempt to start X using startx. A few lines of text flash on the screen, then it blacks out and the system buzzer gives me one short beep. I cannot alt-Fx to any other terminal and lose the terminal I'm working in, and have to restart with ctrl-alt-del. I've tried to capture the text printed to screen before it blacks out using $ startx 2>&1 >xfail but on the next restart, file xfail is empty. Setup: I have a fresh install of Etch (AMD64 version) running on an Athlon64x2 dual-core proc. Graphics card is an EVGA-branded nVidia 8600GT. Display is a 22" Acer LCD; I ensured the refresh rates in the x configuration were within monitor specs. For setup, I installed the base system and a couple extra packages (bastille, sudo). Went through interactive bastille, set up my sudoers file, then sudid: apt-get install xserver-xorg-core apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install xserver-xfree86 apt-get install xserver-xorg apt-get install x-window-system-core apt-get install gnome-core apt-get install enlightenment then installed nvidia drivers: apt-get install module-assistant gcc nvidia-kernel-common apt-get install nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64 apt-get install nvidia-glx Then reconfigured the x server to use the nvidia driver using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Forced the nvidia driver to load at boot: echo nvidia >> /etc/modules (first time) manually loaded the nvidia module: modprobe nvidia ...and then I try startx and get the uninformative results above. If anyone can recommend next steps for troubleshooting or where I should look for more information, I would be very grateful. Thanks! Best, Jeff Soules
