I followed your instructions below and again got to a black screen and
an unresponsive laptop. I had to use a recover disk to go back to the
previous configuration. Would the /var/log/messages file be useful?
Regards,
Luis
> Could you try nouveau again using this information? This experiment
> would be using the usual 3.2.y-based kernel from sid or wheezy. It
> works like this:
>
> 1. Run "update-alternatives --config glx" and choose "mesa".
> 2. Temporarily comment out the "uvesafb" line in
> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules.
> 3. Move /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf,
> and /etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb.conf temporarily out of the way.
> 4. Blacklist nvidia in /etc/modprobe.d.
> 5. Reboot.
>
> To restore your old settings:
>
> 4^-1. Unblacklist nvidia in /etc/modprobe.d.
> 3^-1. Move /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf,
> and uvesafb.conf back into place.
> 2^-1. Uncomment "uvesafb" in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules.
> 5^-1. Reboot.
> 1^-1. "update-alternatives --config glx" again.
>
> Curious,
> Jonathan
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