Trying to reproduce the problem to generate those logs, it seems there is more to it; Here is what I did: I removed the nvidia driver and rebooted. With both screens attached, as "expected", I got the graphical corruption (on both screens), and was unable to log in or or open a terminal with control alt function key.
So I disconnected one of my screens, rebooted using the magic sysrq keys, and still got the same problem. Im guessing it has something to do with my xorg still referencing a second monitor? Anyway, so I rebooted again, this time in recovery mode, and saved the xorg log file, which you will find attached. I reinstalled the nvidia 185 drivers from the root shell, rebooted, and what do you know, I still had the graphical corruption with either 1 or 2 screens attached. Only after running nvidia-xconfig from a root shell, did I get a GUI again (albeit somewhat buggy with empty panels and extremely slow. Killing gnome-panel cured both problems). Anyway, attached my lspci output, the Xorg.0.log file that i saved from the root shell session (I suspect that is not overwritten when you don't start X ?) and a copy/paste from the messages log that relates to the first buggy boot (nvidia driver removed, both screens attached). ** Attachment added: "lspci" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33438539/lspci -- Ubuntu Karmic Beta will not boot with 2 monitors connected to nvidia card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
