On Saturday 16 May 2009 12:05:56 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 14:33:32 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote: > > On Friday 15 May 2009 13:34:45 Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > > On Thu,14.May.09, 20:57:29, Ed Jabbour wrote: > > > > > > I can't get to a console from X. I.e., alt-ctrl-f1, 2 .... get > > > > > > me only a black screen with no prompt. The same thing happens if > > > > > > I try "console login" from kdm. inittab is the default. > > > > > > Graphics driver NVidia 173.14.09. Any hints, pointers, > > > > > > appreciated. > > [...] > > > > Can you switch back to X with ALT-F7 or CTRL-ALT-F7 after this happens? > > > > Yes, with either. > > OK, so we know that the driver somehow screws up switching to VGA mode, > but at least it has no problem switching back to X and it does not > crash your system.
[snip] > No real clues so far; what do you get from the following three commands? > > lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'vga|video|display|graphic' 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M [10de:0531] (rev a2) > lsmod | grep -E 'agp|fb|nvidia' nvidia 7086148 26 agpgart 28776 1 nvidia i2c_core 19828 1 nvidia > grep -Ei 'vesa|nvidia|frame|buffer' /var/log/syslog This returns nothing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org