On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:04:31 -0400, Joey wrote in message <CAK3ER7uRmYeZ59SRrghGVcUmuRaGBzMhkKeCmOGr=olttuo...@mail.gmail.com>:
> > Looking at the messages above, you have an ATI Radeon-based video > > card. 'lspci' should confirm that. > > > > Thanks for your quick response ...i got the following back - > > 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev > 02) > > But do not know where to go from here. > People are working on the server right now - so can not reboot it. > > my current grub line is this: > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 > root=UUID=8f86f3f1-b453-4801-ac5c-a5a86135256f ro quiet ..drop the "quiet" and boot, if that doesn't tell you enough, try another boot with "verbose" instead of "quiet". > > you would like me to change it to: > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 > root=UUID=8f86f3f1-b453-4801-ac5c-a5a86135256f ro quiet > video=radeon:off > > am I right ? > > > But I have googled the issue - it is out there - there are some > suggestions about doing stuff with Xorg.conf file - but do not > understand at all. > > Can you or anyone give me some pointers -- if your earlier suggestions > does not work ? > > > thanks > mjh > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- 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/20120411141202.04ac3...@nb6.lan
