Removed Nouveau, installed Nvidia, black login screen

Hi there!
Seems like I was just here yesterday... But seriously, it's coming together.
Today I hooked up my second monitor and tried to get the "one big monitor" effect with noveau, but it wasn't recognizing my setup. I've had success with installing proprietary nvidia stuff before, so I did the
"# pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils"
after removing "nouveau-dri" and the "libgl" business. I did all that from the bash login screen (which I'd like to keep as the first screen, instead of booting directly into GUI/DE). After I rebooted, like the guide says to do, the bootloader went through fine, but then sat at a black screen. After a couple of hard reboots I tried to just type root, password, and kdm, even though I couldn't see anything on the screen. That worked to get me into the DE. Problem is, that sucks and I have no idea how to get my bash login screen back, or what I did to lose it. Anyone know where to look or what to do? I've not found any info on the forum, or via google... Thank you once again!

My video card is an Nvidia GEForce 9400 GT. There are no "EE" errors in the Xorg.0.log, a couple of fails, to do with APCI, and nothing in the errors.log or daemon.log (whether or not I should look in those for this issue, I'm still learning. I did indeed run "nvidia-xconfig" as root. Not sure what I'm missing. It does now recognize both monitors after I blindly root login and launch kdm, but ya know... Below is the var/log/xorg.0.log in case this means anything to anyone out there... I'm thinking about doing a fresh install now that I know a few more things.
I installed the entire kdm-meta package and I only really want to install a terminal and do the rest of it that way, if possible. If it's any pennance for my blatant naievete, I am having fun learning from these mistakes! Thanks for the input non-noobs!
Cheers!
X.Org X Server 1.10.4
Release Date: 2011-08-19
[ 148.922] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 148.922] Build Operating System: Linux 3.0-ARCH i686
[ 148.922] Current Operating System: Linux archsteven 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 30 07:32:23 UTC 2011 i686
[ 148.922] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1990c60c-750b-43ac-88d8-36ebcc453471 ro
[ 148.922] Build Date: 17 September 2011 07:40:13AM
[ 148.922]
[ 148.922] Current version of pixman: 0.22.2
[ 148.922] Before reporting problems, check [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 148.922] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 148.923] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Oct 2 13:51:35 2011
[ 148.979] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 148.979] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 148.998] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 148.998] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 148.998] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 148.999] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 148.999] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 148.999] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 148.999] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 148.999] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 149.050] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 149.050] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 149.050] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 149.050] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 149.051] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 149.051] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 149.051] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 149.051] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 149.051] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 149.051] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 149.051] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/
[ 149.051] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 149.051] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 149.051] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 149.051] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 149.051] (II) Loader magic: 0x8230d40
[ 149.051] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 149.051] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 149.051] X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[ 149.051] X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[ 149.051] X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
[ 149.053] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:0) 8086:2572:1028:017a rev 2, Mem @ 0xa0000000/134217728, 0xfeb80000/524288, I/O @ 0x0000ed98/8
[ 149.053] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 10de:065b:3842:b946 rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/536870912, 0xfa000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cf00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 149.053] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 149.053] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 149.062] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 149.068] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 149.068] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 149.068] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 149.068] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 149.068] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 149.068] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 149.068] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 149.070] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 149.070] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 149.070] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 149.070] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 149.070] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 149.070] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 149.070] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 149.978] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 149.978] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 149.978] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 149.978] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 17:14:51 PDT 2011
[ 149.978] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 149.978] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 149.979] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 149.986] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 149.986] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.13.0
[ 149.986] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 149.986] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 149.986] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 149.986] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 149.986] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 150.000] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 150.000] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 150.000] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 150.000] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 150.000] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 150.000] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 150.001] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 150.001] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.2.0
[ 150.001] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 150.001] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 150.001] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 150.018] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 150.064] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 150.064] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 150.064] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 150.090] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:57:12 PDT 2011
[ 150.112] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 150.118] (++) using VT number 7
[ 150.145] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 150.146] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 150.146] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 150.154] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 150.154] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 150.154] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 150.154] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 150.154] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 150.169] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 150.182] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 150.182] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 150.182] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 150.182] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 150.182] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 150.182] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 150.198] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 150.198] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 150.198] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 150.212] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 150.212] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 150.212] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 150.212] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 150.212] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "True"
[ 150.213] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "nvidia-auto-select, nvidia-auto-select"
[ 152.280] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (DELL 1907FP (CRT-1)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[ 152.280] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Vision stereo.
[ 152.402] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (NVT Novatek 563D (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[ 152.402] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Vision stereo.
[ 152.413] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9400 GT (G96) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1048576 kBytes
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.94.73.00.40
[ 152.413] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 1X
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9400 GT at PCI:2:0:0
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 1907FP (CRT-1)
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): NVT Novatek 563D (DFP-0)
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 1907FP (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): NVT Novatek 563D (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 152.413] (--) NVIDIA(0): NVT Novatek 563D (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
[ 152.415] (**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
[ 152.553] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID has been
[ 152.553] (**) NVIDIA(0): enabled on all display devices.
[ 152.578] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID has been
[ 152.578] (**) NVIDIA(0): enabled on all display devices.
[ 152.701] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Devices: CRT-1, DFP-0
[ 152.702] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 152.703] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select,nvidia-auto-select"
[ 152.703] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 2560 x 1024
[ 152.729] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (85, 86); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 152.730] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 152.730] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 152.730] (II) NVIDIA: Using 768.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory access.
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[ 152.742] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
[ 152.744] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select,nvidia-auto-select"
[ 152.830] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[ 152.978] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 152.978] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[ 152.978] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 152.980] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 152.980] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[ 152.981] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
[ 152.981] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 152.981] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 152.981] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 152.981] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 152.981] compiled for 1.10.4, module version = 1.2.0
[ 152.981] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 152.981] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 152.981] (==) RandR enabled
[ 152.981] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 152.981] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 152.982] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 152.986] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 153.413] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
[ 153.413] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 153.413] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.433] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 153.442] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 153.442] compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 2.6.0
[ 153.442] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 153.442] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[ 153.442] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 153.442] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 153.442] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 153.442] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 153.442] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[ 153.442] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 153.442] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5/event5"
[ 153.442] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 153.442] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 153.442] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 153.442] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 153.494] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event4)
[ 153.494] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 153.494] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 153.494] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 153.494] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 153.494] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[ 153.494] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[ 153.494] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 153.494] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4/event4"
[ 153.494] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 153.494] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 153.494] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 153.494] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 153.501] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub (/dev/input/event1)
[ 153.501] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 153.501] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub'
[ 153.501] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 153.502] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: always reports core events
[ 153.502] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 153.502] (--) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Found keys
[ 153.502] (II) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Configuring as keyboard
[ 153.502] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1:1.0/input/input1/event1"
[ 153.502] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 153.502] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 153.502] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 153.502] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 153.504] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub (/dev/input/event2)
[ 153.504] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 153.504] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub'
[ 153.504] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 153.504] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: always reports core events
[ 153.504] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 153.504] (--) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Found absolute axes
[ 153.504] (--) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Found keys
[ 153.504] (II) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Configuring as mouse
[ 153.504] (II) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: Configuring as keyboard
[ 153.504] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1:1.1/input/input2/event2"
[ 153.504] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 153.504] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 153.504] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 153.504] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 153.505] (II) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 153.505] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 153.505] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 153.505] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 153.505] (**) Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 153.507] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/event0)
[ 153.507] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 153.507] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse'
[ 153.507] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 153.507] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
[ 153.507] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 153.507] (--) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 153.507] (--) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 153.507] (--) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 153.507] (--) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 153.507] (II) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 153.507] (II) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 153.507] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 153.508] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 153.508] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input0/event0"
[ 153.508] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
[ 153.508] (II) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 153.508] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 153.508] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 153.508] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 153.508] (**) Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 153.509] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Kensington Kensington USB/PS2 Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 153.509] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 153.523] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event3)
[ 153.523] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
Karol wrote:
aa_movingtarget, please edit your post.
When pasting code, please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
It makes the code more readable and more convenient to scroll through.
Thanks for the tip!
Last edited by aa_movingtarget (2011-10-02 19:51:04)

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im desperate for a little help. My computer will not start up. when i press the power button the white apple scren comes on then the dvd drive begins spinning very loudly. does it for a good 10 min....it then freezes on a blue screen for another 15 min...then goes to a black screen asking for login details. even when i do that it still wont log in stays at the blue and black screens. i dont know how to be able to reinstall everything because i thionk i have to reformat it again. but obviously i cant because i cannot load up the "install disc 1 " dvd.
Any suggestions at all please????

Yes it could be a hardware issue, when did you purchase your Imac? Is it a Rev A or Rev B?
but this only happens when i begin to download bittorrents, as long asi dont do that nothing has happened, its only what happens when i do begin to download again.
TIP...I am unfamiliar with "bittorrents" I don't download them, but ANY thing that makes MY Imac quit working I quite doing it! :~))
If you are looking for music downloads for Mac try Acquisition which can be found on VersionTracker.They use Mpeg format instead of bittorrents.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464
Message was edited by: Bob Jackins

Black login screen, only the mouse appears.

Hello guys,
My problem is this,
Windows does
all the updates
normally
without any error
during
the process,
but
each time the
system reboots
the machine,
Windows logo
appears
carrying
the system
and
when
it arrives at
logon screen
nothing pops up,
only
the mouse pointer
and
nothing more,
the screen goes
completely black,
and
the only way
to make her
appear
is
pressing
the reset button
of the machine and
then
reappear
user logon
options.
After the
last
updates
he doing
it constantly,
when I turn off
the machine
and
turn it
back on
the logon screen
is
completely black.
All drivers
of the
machine components
are up to date,
there is no shortage
of
memory,
disk space
and
I couldn't
solve the problem
even
having
done
a
refresh
in Setup.
Waiting
for your help,
below
is the
basic description
of the machine
in question:
Processor:
AMD FX
OctalCore-8320,
4000
MHz
(20
x
200)
Motherboard:
Asus
M5A99X
Evo
Memory:
Corsair
Vengeance
4
GB
CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9
x
3pcs
VGA:
ATI
Radeon
HD
4850
(1
GB)
HDD:
SAMSUNG
HD161HJ
ATA Device
(160
GB,
7200
RPM, SATA-II)
for
system
HDD:
WDC
WD5000AAKX-001CA0
ATA Device
(500
GB,
7200
RPM, SATA-III)
for files.
Thanks in
advanced.
Marcelo "Sushi" Zanatta

Hi,
I got the same phenomenon on my testing machine.
Every time when finished update install, the logon screen won't load immediately, I usually tab on the keyboard along with the mouse to call the screen back.
You may also try to use the Ctrl + Alt + Del and recheck this issue, the next time.
This might be caused by the compatibility between the driver and the OS, you may submit this issue throug hWindows Feedback Tool, and wait for the new update.
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

Black Login Screen

When I turn on my macbook it loads up as normal until it gets to the user screen. At the user screen the computer freezes for about twenty seconds then the screen goes black and a line of text appears reading <Darwin/BSD (Robs-Computer.local) (console)> and directly underneath it says <Login:>
When I type anything to the login spot two lines of text appear both reading <The Date The Time robs-computer netinfod local[ 31 ]: Cannot lookup child> then directly under that it reads <Password:>
But I can't type anything into the password field. All i can do is hit enter and the screen loads back to the user screen just to start the whole thing again in a viscious cycle of mind numbing madness. If anyone out there can give me some advice it would be a godsend.
P.S. And even if the computer would let me reinstall the software and start from scratch, thats not an option because I have files on that computer that absolutely cannot be erased. Yes I know I should have backed up all the info but i'm just stupid so i'm here asking for help
Message was edited by: Behind the Lens

When I turn on my macbook it loads up as normal until it gets to the user screen. At the user screen the computer freezes for about twenty seconds then the screen goes black and a line of text appears reading <Darwin/BSD (Robs-Computer.local) (console)> and directly underneath it says <Login:>
When I type anything to the login spot two lines of text appear both reading <The Date The Time robs-computer netinfod local[ 31 ]: Cannot lookup child> then directly under that it reads <Password:>
But I can't type anything into the password field. All i can do is hit enter and the screen loads back to the user screen just to start the whole thing again in a viscious cycle of mind numbing madness. If anyone out there can give me some advice it would be a godsend.
P.S. And even if the computer would let me reinstall the software and start from scratch, thats not an option because I have files on that computer that absolutely cannot be erased. Yes I know I should have backed up all the info but i'm just stupid so i'm here asking for help
Message was edited by: Behind the Lens

Where and How can I get the Black Lenovo Login Screen for Windows 7 for X120e?

Hello,
I just installed Windows 7 on a SSD on my X120e. It is a fresh install and I really liked the Black Login Screen that my Lenovo X120e that came on the regular drive. Is there a way to download this screen and make my login screen back to this screen?
Thanks.!

qubilist wrote:
I just installed Windows 7 on a SSD on my X120e. It is a fresh install and I really liked the Black Login Screen that my Lenovo X120e that came on the regular drive. Is there a way to download this screen and make my login screen back to this screen?
Create Recovery Discs from your HDD, then load them onto the SSD.
Hope that helps,
John
ThinkPad T450s [ i7-5600U | 8GB | 1TB SSD | Full HD IPS | 802.11ac | BT | Webcam | FR | Win8.1Pro64 ]

Good news! Removing "other user" from login screen.

I got a brand new macbook pro days ago. All are amazing, except the annoying "other user" on the login screen. I have googled and tried every possible solution such as disabling root user, changing user's name, deleting and etc.
Here is the 100% successful solution.
http://www.theseoinfo.com/how-to-remove-guest-user-account-from-login-screen-in- mac-os-x-10-7-2-lion/1673/
Hope this help you all guys.

Google for remove guest user OS X and be enlightened. Alternatively,

[SOLVED]black screen after installing nvidia driver from official repo

Hi!
I have just made a clean install this afternoon and I really can not get the drivers from nvidia in the official rep to work. After booting it just gives me blackscreen.
What I have tried:
1. Blacklisted nouveau.
2. Doublechecked mkinitcpio.conf for nouveao under "MODULES" section.
3. Rebuilt initramfs by doing
mkinitcpio -p linux
4. i tried with a "nomodeset" by entering it in grub.
5. Last I tried to remove nouveau by doing
pacman -Ss nouevau
pacman -R mesa
pacman -Rc mesa (here I double checked the packages and nothing really vital for a full boot of a non-graphical interface (TTY1) is gone)
After Pressing enter from grub I can not see anythin, except from some text that flashes by, Something about checking /dev/sda6 for any errors... Except from that, nothing. Just a black screen.
I am writing this from my phone right now, please understand if I am doing any spelling errors (too lazy to chroot ehen in my bed and PC turned off for the night )
Last edited by f4rm0r (2015-03-06 22:30:15)

jasonwryan wrote:
So you have one of those dual GPU machines? Then you need to read the Bumblebee or Optimus pages on the wiki.
And mentioning that in your intial post would have helped: See How To Ask Questions The Smart Way.
I never really tried the intel gpu, nor did I knew that my mb had that compability to actually run with that, since I can not even change to only use the display connection from my cpu :0
Besides, I never really will use the built-in gpu on my proc unless my graphics card crashes, and if that happens, I can just create a chroot and read-on about bumblebee and such
I am right now writing this from my Desktop
I have some minor issues with my KDE environment, the text being so small I can barely read it inside of applications.... except from that I have used "Settings" to change it inside the KDE environment :b
So I can live with it, unless it happens inside games aswell
Anyway, I just did not knew about it, otherwise I would have read 'bout it and tried to fix it before i came here
I know how it is when ya dont get enough info about a problem like "This program won't work, why?" (I am the PC wizard amongst my friends, so I know ya should try everything, use google, and most of all, do not panic, it can and will be fixed :3
But ty anyway for the suggestion Jason, appreciate it!
will mark this thread as solved now

I have installed nvidia graphics drivers on windows 7 (bootcamp) now i can't use windows, it's just a black screen, how do i resolve this?

I have installed nvidia drivers from nvidias website for my geforce gt 650m on my early 2013 macbook pro retina 15", now i can't use windows in bootcamp, whenever i go into windows it turns into a black screen before i can see my desktop. How do i resolve this?

From the home screen, double click the home button to bring up the Recently used App list. Find the App with the problem and hold your finger on it untl the Apps start to shake. When that happens tap on the (x) on the right side corner of the app to close it.
Tap the home button again to get back to the home screen, and try to open the App again.
If that doesn't work, try resetting the iPad. (there should be no data loss):
Press and Hold the Power and home buttons until the Apple Logo shows up. Ignore any sliders that may appear.
When the iPad turns back on, try opening the App again.

Help! bootcamped window pro 7 ok BUT driver / setup flash drive seemed to correctly install drivers, nvidia etc etc BUT on windows login screen i have no mouse or keyboard , have plugged in logitech usb mouse and keyboard still no good please help

Please can somebody help me with this.
i cannot get any mouse or keyboard input on my login screen after bootcamping windows 7 pro.
i used a correctly formatted drive for the driver downloads, they seemed to install but now i have no input method to login to wondows7.
all is fine in osx apple wireless mouse keyboard magicpad ok
windows cant login due to no input devices.
have connected logitech mouse keyboard still nothing.
please help!
thanks in advance

1. I have tried copying the Keyboard/Trackpad/Mouse drivers to the $WinPEDriver$ directory with mixed success on a 2012 MBP.
2. My experience is based on a 2013 rMBP. You may be able to use an Apple USB Keypad/Mouse to better success.
3. See http://www.macworld.com/article/2460820/macbook-pro-mid-2014-review-minor-update -offers-slightly-better-cpu-performance.html for HW differences between the two machines.
4. If you have access to a 2013 rMBP, I can suggest trying to build the USB on that and working with the USB to see if you can make it install Windows. the rMBP 2014 and rMBP 2013 have the same HW, except some CPU changes. You can also try building the USB at the nearest Apple store, if possible.
5. There is a section in AutoUnattend.xml, which is supposed to install all drivers in $WinPEDriver$ (see this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686316 )
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <DriverPaths>
                <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add">
                    <Path>$WinPEDriver$</Path>
                </PathAndCredentials>
            </DriverPaths>
        </component>

[SOLVED] Black screen halfway through boot before login screen appears

I originally installed my Arch Linux 64 system on a quad core intel cpu with 4GB RAM and a Nvidia 9600 GT graphics card. Arch is installed on 2 500 GB HDD running on software RAID and LVM. A few months ago I decided I wanted to upgrade my machine to an i7-2600K with 8 GB RAM and a Nvidia 580 GTX graphics card. Since I was using pure software RAID I knew that I could just reuse my installation. So I popped in the drives into the new machine and glory glory Arch booted just fine. One thing I notied though and this has been bothered me since then. On my old machine I could see the whole boot process from start to finish. On my new machine I only see the first few seconds and then a black screen for few seconds and then I get the login screen (KDM in my case). Now I'm running a pure systemd system and I can see the boot process until
[ok] started loading random ...
and then the black screen sets in. Why does this happen? Why can't see if udev, samba etc. start correctly anymore?
Last edited by fettouhi (2012-10-11 21:46:56)

DSpider wrote:Then remove Nouveau completely, undo any changes to mkinitcpio.conf, and re-generate your initramfs.
I don't have the nouveau driver installed at all. But I finally got rid of the black screen. I simply added nomodeset to the kernel parameters in grub and now everything ass before.

Yosemite installed on iMac purchased with Mavericks now takes 2 minutes to boot and give the login screen.

Downloaded and installed os x yosemite on iMac that was purchased originally with Mavericks. When power button is pressed I get start up audio tone and then the the black screen with the white apple symbol with the progression bar. The bar moves very slowly two about one third and then the mouse cursor appears and there it stalls for around two minutes. After the wait the login screen appears and it operates normally. This whole process before update would only take maybe 30 seconds.
If I try the web recovery process it will revert back to Mavericks any suggestions on what this might be. I do have an external Mac passport pro external drive that does have time machine enabled and has been there for months.
Thanks

After spending a number of hours with Apple Care personnel I was connected with a supervisor and finally got the iMac to boot up on every attempt and in a reasonable amount of time. Login screen now comes on in 30 to 40 seconds and computer is usable within a total time of 1 minute to 1minute 30 seconds.
Here was the process. Tried to download whole operating system with reinstall from utilities menu at power on and at 7 hours progress bar stalled at one third the way. Reason, time machine external hard drive was still connected during process. Disconnected all external connections except power and tried download again. This time whole operating system downloaded in 15 to 20 minutes. Yosemite installed and rebooted automatically and booted to login screen, signed in then to desktop, but boot took around five minutes. Shutdown and connected all peripherals, i.e.. ext. HD, DVD, printers and tried to start. iMac stalled at 2 minutes into progression bar with white apple symbol before login screen. Removed peripherals and tried again and still stalled and would not boot.
What was done to correct is as follows. Started iMac in Safe Mode, cleared all items in cache from Macintosh HD/Library folder and System /Library folder, system start up items, launch agents, and launch daemons contents cleared, removed printers in system preferences, ran disk utilities verify and repair of disk and disk permissions. Shutdown and removed power from iMac. With no peripherals system then booted normally. Reconnected peripherals while iMac was still on and added printers back to system preferences and all is well.
So it seems only reasonable that the downloading problem was hindered by the time machine external hard drive, to which an Apple rep. agreed and the extremely slow boot up or stalled boot up was caused by items in the start up and launch folders. I will state here that I was using my ISP's anti virus software for the Mac which was in the launch folders and most likely was causing the boot up problems.

Outlook web login screen not displaying correctly on Exchange 2007 service pack install

Hello everyone,
I believe our exchange server installed a service pack 3 update and after rebooting the server, we noticed that the Outlook web access login screen is not displaying correctly. The page looks white with some black X's (I think that's where the
pictures/background images used to be). We tried to restart the ISS service with no luck. I would appreciate any help you guys can provide.
Thanks,
Brian Kourdou

Hi,
I have seen this issue in another similar thread, that issue was solved by re-creating the OWA virtual directory.
Please try the following steps to solve this issue.
Open EMC, navigate to Server Configuration -> Client Access, under Outlook Web App tab, double-click owa (default web site) properties.
Then check InternalURL, ExternalURL, Forms-Based Authentication settings ect
Open EMS, use Get-OwaVirtualDirectory get the list of virtual directories and identify the directory which is giving the problem.
Remove it with this command
Remove-OwaVirtualDirectory “owa (Default Web Site)”
Now create it again with the following command
New-OwaVirtualDirectory -OwaVersion “Exchange2007″ -Name “owa (Default Web Site)”
Then configure the “owa” virtual directory settings like InternalURL, ExternalURL, Forms-Based Authentications etc… & check the OWA by logging with some test users.
Best Regards.
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help, and unmark the answers if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact [email protected]
Lynn-Li
TechNet Community Support

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