Blank Screen with Retail Mandrake 9.1 Nvidia built in

[lsrzj]

Same problem, BLACK SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I could notice, no one here was capable of installing this big **** nvidia driver. No errors were reported on my Xfree log, no (EE) no (WW) no (!!), only (**) (--) (==) and (II) I have in my log file.... I sent an e-mail to nVidia with my XF86Config-4 file and with my log file, no answer yet... I'm waiting. If someone here knows how to solve it, please tell me, I've tried everything I could, even BIOS settings... And nothing solves it... I'm attaching my XF86Config-4 with my log in one file.
Forgot to mention I'm using Conectiva Linux 9, but as i saw it doen't seem that this problem is distro related.

And other thing I have to tell is that everything in Linux is complicated to do, never saw an OS so difficult to handle!

[tsubasa]

I confirm, its a reality nvidia drivers lock up totally the system with no output error. But why ????

[tsubasa]

I have tried

-Red hat 8
-Red hat 9
-Mandrake 8.2
-Mandrake 9
-Mandrake 9.1 ( I have buy the retail )
-Lycoris

WITH ALL DISTRO I HAVE THE SAME ERROR, BLANCK SCREEN WITH NO OUTPUT ERROR IN THE LOG. ONLY BLACK SCREEN AND SYSTEM LOCK

[Campos]

Hi again

to me Red Hat 8 works fine!!
But not the mandrakes

[tsubasa]

I found them very funny, this error with no error lol.

Nvidia really dont have a tricks to ride thise /***** blanck screen

Geforce 3 ti500 powaaa

[tsubasa]

I will try to disable IRQ 12,11,10 tonight

[Campos]

Hello to all

Here's a solution that i've found in another thread, to some of you with a starting black screen (it worked to me with a Mandrake 9.1, Athlon 1800, GeForce Ti 4200-64, and a Elite motherboard)

As simple as this:
If you start a new install, and the built drivers work, go to the KDE or Gnome Control center, and in the boot section-advanced disable noapic and and make acpi off too.

If you have allready an installed distri add those options to LILO or other

Hope that works!!
Bye
António

[tsubasa]

I have tried to set IRQ 10,11,12 to reserved into my bios its ok (i see in the ressource list my vga card in irq 5 ), but it don't help for my problem always blankscreen.

I have also tried in mandrake control center -> boot configuration -> lilo configuration disable ACPI and enable force noapic, but don't work too