On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:48:11 -0400, Chris Capon wrote: > On 2012-09-13 13:07, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:20 -0400, Chris Capon wrote: >> >>> After a recent Debian update, I've been unable to log in to my >>> Debian/Linux server using the console and GDM3 won't start - X.org >>> crashes part way through the startup.
>> What can be read from X server error logs? > > The mga driver is not loading because it thinks a kernel module is > already using it. (thanks for sending the log) > [ 1223.466] (EE) mga: The PCI device 0x525 at 01@00:00:0 has a kernel module > claiming it. > [ 1223.466] (EE) mga: This driver cannot operate until it has been unloaded. > > Is there a way to find out what is using it? (...) Gosh, what a cryptic message :-? I have the feeling it is related to this patch: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2012-May/785807.html I can't really decypher the meaning, sorry, let's see what the X gurus can tell you :-) A shoot in the dark: you can try by passing to the kernel line the "nomodeset" parameter from GRUB's boot menu. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/k2vpfe$4lj$1...@ger.gmane.org
