On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > 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? > Yes, it does show up in lspci. It's an SiS chipset, in case that matters.
> > 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. > I tried with a squeeze live CD and got similar results. I wasn't able to check the logs, though, because the whole machine was locked up. I did manage to get a rainbow screen and a real mouse pointer. I am downloading Knoppix 6.4.4 now. > > 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. > This is probably what I'll end up doing. Thanks for the quick responses, everyone. -Rob -- 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/20110219202822.gc3...@aurora.owens.net