Neal Holtz
2011-Mar-07 02:04 UTC
[Nouveau] Linux Mint 10 KDE Live DVD would not start on Fujitsu laptop, NVIDIA video, HDMI
I had a problem with LInux Mint 10 KDE, with the Live DVD resulting
in a blank screen and no keyboard response during the KDE splash.
I traced it to the fact that the laptop screen was turned off and it had
switched to HDMI.
After installing LM 10 KDE and installing the NVIDI proprietary drivers
(and disabling nouveau), it worked fine.
I have reported it as launchpad bug 724722, and more info
is available there, including lots of logs:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/724722
There are at least 2 other similar cases reported on launchpad/linuxmint
Machine particulars:
wall:~> inxi -F
System: Host wall Kernel 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Linux Mint
10 KDE
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5 M 430 (-HT-MCP-) cache 3072 KB flags (lm nx
sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips 9044.14
Clock Speeds: (1) 1199.00 MHz (2) 1199.00 MHz (3) 1199.00 MHz (4)
1199.00 MHz
Graphics: Card nVidia GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] tty res: 148x52
Audio: Card-1 nVidia High Definition Audio Controller driver HDA Intel
BusID: 01:00.1
Card-2 Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audiodriver
HDA Intel BusID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Network: Card-1 Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver
ath9k BusID: 10:00.0
Card-2 Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver tg3 v:
3.110 BusID: 18:00.0
Disks: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (15.1% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU_MJA2500B
500.1GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 19G used: 6.5G (38%) fs: ext4 ID:/home size: 437G used:
64G (16%) fs: ext4
ID:swap-1 size: 4.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Info: Processes 191 Uptime 1:29 Memory 743.8/3824.2MB Runlevel 2 Client
Shell inxi 1.4.12
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