once i got black screen and once i can log-in . what the problem?

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habernir
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once i got black screen and once i can log-in . what the pro

Post by habernir » 2008/10/02 16:54:31

hi all .
i have very strange problem.
when i get to the log-in screen and log to the system its run ok but when i do restart after all of the services has been load it show me blank screen (and not the log-in screen) and when i do restart it run ok like the first tume and start from the begining.any one know this problem?

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Re: once i got black screen and once i can log-in . what the problem?

Post by habernir » 2008/10/04 09:08:05

anyone can help me? it can be drivers problem (i have geforce9800 gtx)?
how can i know what the problem?

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Re: once i got black screen and once i can log-in . what the problem?

Post by AlanBartlett » 2008/10/04 13:58:30

I agree, it is a video driver problem.

Boot your system to runlevel 3 (When the [i]grub[/i] splash screen appears, press any key. Now move the shadow bar - with the keyboard "arrow" keys - to the kernel you normally boot. Press [b]a[/b], press the space-bar, press [b]3[/b] and press the enter key.)

You should eventually see a textual login screen. Login as [b]root[/b] and obtain the relevant driver package from the nVidia site - http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Follow the instructions carefully. Once the correct driver is installed and configured (if necessary), reboot the system ([b]shutdown -r now[/b]).

If all has gone well, you should eventually see a graphical login screen.

I'm sorry, but as I don't use a nVidia driver, I am not able to give you more detailed instructions. Perhaps others will now be willing to assist?

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Re: once i got black screen and once i can log-in . what the problem?

Post by WhatsHisName » 2008/10/04 16:16:59

As AlanJBartlett suggested, the latest nvidia driver package should work. Support for your card was added a few revisions back:

[url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html]Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver[/url]:

[quote]Version: 173.08
Operating System: Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T)
Release Date: April 10, 2008

Release Highlights

* Added support for the following new GPUs:
...
o GeForce 9800 GTX
...[/quote]

The latest rpmforge nvidia driver package is based on the above release and should also support the card.

[code]# [b]yum --enablerepo=rpmforge list|grep nvidia[/b]
nvidia-x11-drv.i386 173.08-1.beta.el5.rf rpmforge

# [b]yum --enablerepo=rpmforge info nvidia-x11-drv[/b]
...
Version: 173.08
...[/code]

If you install the latest nvidia-supplied release, then you will need to reinstall it after each kernel update, whereas the rpmforge package will automatically be handled by the dkms package after each kernel update.

If you want to use the rpmforge package, then follow the instruction for configuring the rpmforge repo ([url=http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories]CentOS Repos[/url]) being sure to configure yum priorities as instructed and then:

[code]# [b]yum --enablerepo=rpmforge install nvidia-x11-drv[/b]
...
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
nvidia-x11-drv i386 173.08-1.beta.el5.rf rpmforge 11 M

Installing for dependencies:
dkms noarch 2.0.20.4-1.el5.rf rpmforge 61 k
gcc i386 4.1.2-42.el5 base 5.2 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-24 base 2.0 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-24 base 610 k
libgomp i386 4.1.2-42.el5 base 82 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 6 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 19 M
Is this ok [y/N]: [/code]

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Re: once i got black screen and once i can log-in . what the problem?

Post by habernir » 2008/10/04 16:55:53

thanks a lot i will do it

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