> I have the same problem on the install disks and on the Live CD: The > computer locks as soon as the Xserver starts. I end up with a blank screen > (color varies) with a moving mouse cursor. Nothing else. Nothing appears > on the screen. Keyboard and mouse are inoperative. Even Alt-SysRq-R > doesn't work. Only way out is the reset button (or maybe SSH, but I don't > have another machine handy to try that from). > > I am expecting you to blame in on "upstream", but you can't blame the > LiveCD on upstream. > > With the LiveCD, I can boot OK by using the VESA driver. The root of the > problem seems to lie in the open-source "nv" video driver and my card. The > proprietary "nvidia" driver works fine (once it is installed). > > With the install disks, I am stuck with a text install (and thus locked out > of some of the LVM options I need). I have not found a way to override the > autoprobed video driver except to use "noprobe", and I have no idea what > drivers I need to install to do the install correctly. > > Wish list for fixes: > > 1. Fix (or update) "nv" driver so it works right with all 6200 cards. > > 2. Fix the autoprobe so it uses the "vesa" driver for my card (Gigabyte > GV-NX62158D<P>). > > 3. Create option "xdriver=" on install disks, like there is on video disks. > > 4. Create option "noprobe-video" and let me tell install disk to use VESA > driver. > > If I can supply any more information to help diagnosis of this mis-probe, I > will gladly poke my system if you give me detailed instructions as to what > commands to execute. Doing it from the LiveCD-4.4 is probably best and > most repeatable. > > Ted Miller > Elkhart, IN, USA Since no one has any feedback, I assume the next step is to file a bug report? Ted Miller