Hello, I'm a newbie and cant return to the vc1 screen

kateeus · 2009-02-18 11:24:18

So,

Thanks big time about this great distro, it is the first linux I'm using. I got it up and running nicely, but when I do:

startx

K, it goes to the X well, but when I hit ctrl+alt+backspace the screen just goes black and does nothing. So I cant get to the vc1 screen. Only way to get away from that black screen is ctrl+alt+del which reboots the machine.

Any ideas how could I fix this. I followed the beginners guide to the T.

Thank you!

-Kateeus

artiom · 2009-02-18 11:48:45

Ctrl+Alt+F1

kateeus · 2009-02-18 17:06:39

Hey,

Thaks for the suggestion, I went forth trying it, but the result was exactly the same I have installed the nVidia drivers with pacman>

sudo -S nvidia

I have a laptop with GeForce 8800M GTX, so I presume that is the correct version, well at least graphics are working fine so I think it is. Next I run:

nvidia-xconfig

Here is how my xorg.conf looks like:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Tue Jan  6 09:43:54 PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Hmm, actually this guy here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65256 has the same problem, but I dont have any issues with the keyboard and mouse though. I too can exit to VC if I just remove the xorg.conf and then run startx, but I obviously cant use the whole potential of my video card then.

Sorry it is a long post, but I tried to be precise.

Thanks you for the help

TheSaint · 2009-02-19 00:36:02

Same situation here nVidia 9600g. I've tried Knoppix 6, and with same resolution didn't happen same problem. I don't know if there was 3d accelaration.

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Ranguvar · 2009-02-19 01:48:50

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65469
Related? I know it's Intel, but try

kateeus · 2009-02-19 08:11:48

Thanks for the help, appreciate it.

I allready appended vga=773 to the end of the kernel at /boot/grub/menu.lst, but it is not helping. I'm presuming that this is just a bug with the nvidia drivers. It isn't that serious, but it is a bit annoying.

Any more ideas, feel free to share

kateeus · 2009-02-20 12:41:36

Hmm, after a few re-installs I've come to the conclusion that it is driver-based trouble. It works nicely up until I install the nvidia drivers Awaiting fix for it.

Kateeus

perbh · 2009-02-20 16:48:35

There is probably some (more or less) obscure 'option' in the "Device" section which has to do with how to reset the screen when exiting from X. This is what happened to my matrox card (many eons ago) - I found _two_ ways to solve it. One was to not use framebuffer (ie no vga=), the other was one of these options, and I cant recall which one it was at the moment.

kateeus · 2009-02-20 20:57:41

Allright I'll try that one too, thanks.

Kateeus

kateeus · 2009-02-26 07:20:13

FYI:

I also gave a quick go for slax(a nice distro too), but this same problem was effective immediately after I updated to newest nVidia drivers 180.29 as of now. Also the problem persists if I use the 180.22 on slax, just cant shutdown X and be able to see console Anyway I still prefer Arch over slax

Being a newbie linuxuser I wonder is it a tabu to promote other distros on certain distros forum. Hope a fix emerges anytime soon, hmm this can't be the trouble of every single nVidia user so it's only on certain models I presume...

R00KIE · 2009-02-26 09:22:08

I had that problem when I didn't have my keyboard layout properly set under X.
Check the wiki or the forum on how to configure X to use the appropriate layout (it changed a little while ... now you can use either xorg.conf or evdev).

dschrute · 2009-02-26 14:53:46

Hope a fix emerges anytime soon, hmm this can't be the trouble of every single nVidia user so it's only on certain models I presume...

This seems to be a recurring issue with the binary nvidia drivers for quite a while. And you're correct...When it occurs, it doesn't seem to affect all ( or even most ? ) model cards. Just a select, lucky few get the pleasure.
I ran into it about 3 years ago on Slackware. An update to the driver "fixed" it, then it happened again a few months later. At that time there were some other people running into it, but it didn't seem to be what I'd call widespread. Since then i still see people running into it somewhat regularly.
You may want to check the nvidia forums in case someone there has more insight or a fix/workaround...

kateeus · 2009-02-26 17:58:36

Thanks for your advises guys, I shall try them both, much appreciated.

Kateeus

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Hello, I'm a newbie and cant return to the vc1 screen

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