Re: dead X install

2004-09-13 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
Blake Swadling wrote: > I have sorted the problem. I disassembled the damn PC and there is a > distinct odour of the magic smoke inside the case. Cant see what went > pop but I'm guessing it was related to the GPU. I have the same effects here with a nvidia chipset on a msi mobo. The screen goes

Re: dead X install

2004-09-10 Thread Blake Swadling
I have sorted the problem. I disassembled the damn PC and there is a distinct odour of the magic smoke inside the case. Cant see what went pop but I'm guessing it was related to the GPU. Thanks for the help -- Blake Swadling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.swadling.com signature.as

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Blake Swadling
On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 13:05, Jerome R. Acks wrote: xserver-svga is in XFree86 3.3.6 in woody. You could try vga driver instead of svga. i have tried vga, svga and nv. after poking around i found that the drivers are packed in xserver-xfree86 for Xfree86 4.3 rather than being in a separate

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:45:15AM +1000, Blake Swadling wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 11:37, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > > > All attached files seem completely normal, > > > I do notice that there is no sign in the XFree86 log file of the driver > being loaded. My other box (radeon) has signific

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Blake Swadling
On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 11:37, Stefan O'Rear wrote: All attached files seem completely normal, I do notice that there is no sign in the XFree86 log file of the driver being loaded. My other box (radeon) has significantly more output (probably 80% more) also i just found that xserver-svga isn

Re: dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:20:24AM +1000, Blake Swadling wrote: > howdy > > I just installed deb testing on my machine using the net install and I > am having trouble loading X. > > I can boot to terminal fine, though when X is started the screen goes > blank. I can ssh in for a while and then t

dead X install

2004-09-09 Thread Blake Swadling
howdy I just installed deb testing on my machine using the net install and I am having trouble loading X. I can boot to  terminal fine, though when X is started the screen goes blank. I can ssh in for a while and then the system stops responding. I am running nforce mobo. Any help would be