linux installation issues
 

Hi,

I recently bought a sony vaio(VPCF13Z1E) laptop with intel i7.The screen resolution is 1920*1080 and have Nvidia Geforce.I have windows 7 professional running perfectly on this.I want to install linux (dual boot).I tried Ubuntu but the mouse pad doesnot work and when I installed the nvidia drivers and reboot ,the screen goes blank and system gets hanged.

I really want to install a linux in my system.Do help me out.


Thanks

spoo

please attach here output of dmesg and /or content of /var/log/messages

also where did you get your nvidia drivers? are they Nvidia owned or opensource? if nvidia owned: did you run nvidia-xconfig ? also post here your /boot/grub/grub.conf (or menu.lst dont remember what was in ubuntu)

when I run nvidia-xconfig I get this error

(VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Undefined Device "(null)" referenced by Screen "Default Screen".)

I attached the dmesg output(new.txt) and also the xconfig file of nvidia(new2.txt) and the grub.cfg (new3.txt)


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Thanks
Spoo

try linux mint?

Hello spoorthi,

I'd recommend to try the Ubuntu or Mint Live-CD or DVD and find out if everything is working. It would be good if you could issue the command and in a terminal when the Live-CD is booted and save the output anywhere. It will be a great help if you post the output of the commands here.

Markus

look at this one:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...81&postcount=5

try that..

and again.. where did you install the drivers from?