On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: > On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows > this message: > > GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
That's bad indeed. > lspci shows my video card as this: > > VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) > > I do have an onboard video port that I'm not using. Not sure if that's > messing things up or not. It shouldn't. Does it even show up in lspci? > Any advice? I see several hits on Google, > but I haven't found a solution yet. > > I'm trying to make nouveau work. There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're not brave enough to blindly upgrade your kernel and the whole X stack to sid, I would recommend trying a Live CD like Knoppix 6.4 or Grml 10.12 first. Both come with kernel 2.6.36 and a newer nouveau snapshot from August 2010. > The proprietary nvidia driver will be my last resort. IMO this is the least of the evils, at least if you insist on sticking with Squeeze on that machine. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87d3mnss3p....@turtle.gmx.de
