On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:23:05PM -0400, Massimo Savino wrote: > I am on a Pentium dual-core system (E2160) with 4GB RAM housed on an Asus > P5K-VM motherboard with integrated Intel G33 / GMA3100 graphics, running > Debian testing downloaded about 3 weeks ago. > > Although I am no expert, I have used Linux for 10 years, and Debian has been > my distro of choice since 2000. I have used Nvidia cards for nearly 8 years > now, and have been more than happy with their performance. I have used the > proprietary Nvidia drivers exclusively since switching from ATI in 2001. > > My troubles started yesterday when I bought a BFG 8800 GT PCI-Express card > with 512mb RAM > On this motherboard, I am unable to even have a console running. > > The BIOS allows you to switch off the onboard graphics, which I have done, > of course. > > I upgraded to a custom 2.6.24.4 kernel last night, and made sure that I > followed the wiki.debian.org HOWTO closely by disabling the fb_riva, > fb_nvidia and fb_vesa framebuffers. I have enabled SMP options as per the > CPU.
Well i only use Debian's kernels myself. I stopped building my own when 2.6 kernels came out in Debian. Debian's builds were just generally better than my own, or at least had all the features I needed so why bother. > Every other Nvidia card and motherboard combo would default to console when > I would install a new kernel. > > This combination switches to a framebuffer with a Debian logo when using the > G33 integrated graphics, but goes totally blank with the NVidia card > installed. I can't even put it back into console.... help! Well I use an 8600GT with no problem what so ever. Of course I don't have onboard video, and I only have 2GB ram. My mainboard is a P5K (not the -VM since I hate microATX and I hate onboard video). I do not use any framebuffer drivers for my console (they tend to not get along with the nvidia X drivers so they aren't worth the bother). I have Debian's 2.6.24 kernel from Sid running on my system right now and the console works fine as does X (using the binary drivers). Can the onboard video be causing trouble? Is there a problem with having 4GB ram? You could try removing half the ram to see if it makes a difference. If it does maybe there is a bios option that has to be changed to leave enough room for the nvidia card in the PCI space while moving the remaining ram above 4GB. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]