nvidia-driver fails to load gui
Henry Hu
henry.hu.sh at gmail.com
Wed Dec 10 16:28:32 UTC 2014
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>
>>>>> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver works,
>>>>> but
>>>>> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run
>>>>> `startx`, it
>>>>> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring up
>>>>> the
>>>>> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left
>>>>> corner.
>>>>>
>>>>> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr
>>>>> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able to
>>>>> hook
>>>>> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do
>>>>> with the
>>>>> VESA driver.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver and
>>>> try the intel driver?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel
>>> driver won't work.
>>>
>>
>> I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the
>> internal LCD.
>> Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only
>> connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on the
>> laptop?
>>
>
> I haven't tried the other outputs. My primary output will be the internal
> LCD. What would it take to get it to work?
>
Wait for the kernel driver update which would support Haswell graphics?
--
Cheers,
Henry
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