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#1 2007-09-05 05:19:50

flyer
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Registered: 2006-08-11
Posts: 41

can't start x after upgrade

my nephew built me a custom kernel awhile back. he's out of town for a few weeks and can't help me. did pacman -Syu to upgrade. when i reboot could not startx. everything else appears ok. tried to start x from terminal and it says nvidia driver component has version 100.14.11 but the nvidia kernel module version does not match. i believe it was 1.0.9755.1. did some research and found my var/cache pacman/pkg/nvidia-100.14.11-4.pkg.tar.gz file.   if i use pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-100-14.11-4.pkg.tar.gz as the command would that take care of my problem or is there a better way to do this? thank you for any advice.


amd athlon 4800x2/a8n32-sli deluxe/1 74 gig raptor os/1wd 250gig sata 2 storage/2 sony dru-820a dvd-roms/silverstone tj07 case/pc power 750 quad power supply/2 nvidia 8800gtx

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#2 2007-09-05 05:23:01

twiistedkaos
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Registered: 2006-05-20
Posts: 666

Re: can't start x after upgrade

Downgrading to your old nvidia driver should do the trick, that is if it's only the nvidia driver causing the problem. Downgrade, and post back.

Also in your /etc/pacman.conf

theres a blacklist option, put nvidia in there if upgrading it is break your X. DO THIS AFTER YOUR DOWNGRADE

Last edited by twiistedkaos (2007-09-05 05:23:46)

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#3 2007-09-06 04:03:20

flyer
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Registered: 2006-08-11
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Re: can't start x after upgrade

problem solved. instead of downgrading the nvidia utils i upgraded to the new nvidia driver so that both version matched. everything is now working fine. thank you


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