I haven't tried the i915.disable=1 arguement yet, so I'll give that a shot later tonight.

Kevin

On Sep 12, 2011, at 12:19 AM, Phil Perry wrote:

> On 12/09/11 04:18, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Kevin Thomas<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>> You are correct that when you install the kmod-nvidia package, it
>>> automatically disables nouveau and blacklists it for you, but I didn't know
>>> there was a new nvidia xorg.conf file created.  After I installed the
>>> kmod-nvidia package again, I restarted and modified the kernel arguements to
>>> include the intel.disable=1 arguement, but the result was the
>>> same....eventually the screen flickered a few times and it stopped booting,
>>> although I could still open a terminal via alt+F2.  I'm not sure what to try
>>> next. Someone requested some command output from me in a different email,
>>> which I provided, but I'm lost now.  I didn't think it would be this
>>> difficult.
>>> 
>>> Kevin
>> 
>> Can you somehow disable the Intel graphics (in the BIOS perhaps) and
>> see if that helps? Just in case the intel.disable=1 argument is not
>> working as intended...
>> 
>> Akemi
>> 
> 
> If not, perhaps try the kernel argument i915.disable=1 assuming it's the i915 driver it's trying to load?