Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

[Dick Thomas]

hiya, Michael

sorry for taking so long to get back to you

I tried the 3.5 kernel and it works perfectly with the gfx card

regards

Dick Thomas

On 22 September 2012 18:40, Michael Gilbert  wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Dick Thomas wrote:
> > still a noob to debian so daren't do that yet as I don't want to get
> flamed
> > but thank you for the suggestions :)
>
> Flaming is somewhat less prevalent in debian nowadays, so please try
> to not worry about that.
>
> Would you mind at least trying the 3.5 kernel from the experimental
> repository so we can confirm that would be a solution to the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

[Dick Thomas]

still a noob to debian so daren't do that yet as I don't want to get flamed
but thank you for the suggestions :)

Dick Thomas

On 19 September 2012 22:45, Michael Gilbert  wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dick Thomas wrote:
> > Hello, Mike
> >
> > Sadly that didn't work still stopped displaying stuff at "populating
> /dev/"
> > but I can hear it loading in the background (sound card popping etc)
> > adding "nomodeset" does work but then I don't know if it still using
> nouveau
> > or not as gnome 3 failsafe loads
>
> Try some of the troubleshooting steps?
> http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
>
> Also, supposedly fixed in kernel 3.4, and I saw a note somewhere
> mentioning the commits needed, so if you're really adventurous, you
> could try to identify those and request the kernel team apply them to
> support your hardware.
>
> Best wishes,
> Mike
>