CTRL+ALT+F1 causes blank screen with nvidia-glx 1.0.8776+2.6.15.12-1
Bug #72098 reported by
Philip Wyett
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-kernel-common (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
On a Sony VAIO FE31H (Dual Core, 120Gb SATA, 1Gb RAM, GeForce 7400) laptop.
- Install dapper and do all updates.
- Install 686-SMP kernel.
- Install nvidia-glx
- Configure X to use 'nvidia' module.
- Restart PC
- Log in
- Hit CTRL+ALT+F1 to get tty.
Result is a blank screen.
CTRL+ALT+F7 does successfully resume X session.
Do not have the above problem when using 'nv' module.
Revision history for this message
| Philip Wyett (philwyett) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in nvidia-kernel-common: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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Turning off the splash screen i.e. removing 'splash' from grubs 'menu.lst' also removes the issue and with the 'nvidia' module in use you can CTRL+ALT+F1 and CTRL+ALT+F7 backward and forward with no problem.