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Simon Robert wrote: > Mark Jose wrote: > >> A quick - and very useful runlevel guide to Ubuntu and Debian systems - >> >> http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-and-ubuntu-linux-run-levels.html >> >> May be worth a look - I found it quite interesting, >> >> Mark >> >> >> > It worked! So the nvidia people have done as they said they'd do. I > think the release of the latest driver upgrade can only be a few weeks > old, maybe less even as the cycle is six monthly and the stuff on the > nvidia forum was July. > > Just mention in passing, there is no inittab file in kubuntu. > > Whoops, since the above, which I got by installing the driver after a > console login and then doing a startx command I've rebooted. This > resulted in another console login, but no success with startx. Instead a > message about mismatched modules in the kernel and driver - 7684 versus > 9129. > > I copied back the various backed up xorg.conf files in turn, but the > only one that worked is the one previous to the automatix install of > nvidia drivers. So googleearth in glx, which means it starts OK but > shows no image at all. > > As the nvidia install threw up a message about the xorg sdk missing I am > currently installing the xorg dev files. The one adept entry actually > produces a download of 74 files. > > Well try again......... > > > > No difference. No message about missing SDK, all went smoothly. Startx > several times and look at googleearth. An exit takes me back to a > graphical logon and logging in is fine, startx etc etc. Then shutdown > and reboot and it's all the same. startx does nothing and I'm back where > I started. > > Anyone... anything... > > Simon > > > > > replying to myself - not good form! During the install the driver creates a module interface between itself and the kernel (as I understand it which ain't deeply). So I guess that on a reboot kubuntu is overwriting/replacing/ignoring/whatever this thingy (technical term). Does anyone know anything I could try? Simon -- simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html