Thank you Camaleón, The suggestions on that page about blacklisting nouveau to disable KMS did not work.
However, I noticed that if I comment out the "blacklist nvidiafb" line from /etc/modeprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf, X/Gnome does sort of work again. I can see the contents of windows, but now the entire screen is a little wavy and shimmery (for lack of a better description). Does this help identify my problem? Is there any command or log file output I can provide, or any other information? Thanks again, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: Re: X problem (?) after fresh install on old laptop On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:43:03 -0700, Potato Jim wrote: > Hi Everyone, Hi, please, turn off html when posting to the mailing list. Thanks :-) > I installed Deb 6.0.4 on an old Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop and everything > seemed to go well, except... I'll try to describe a problem I'm > experiencing, evidently with X: The windows are all blank. Even at the > login screen, I can't see the "username,other" selection list -- just a > blank rectangle for the login window. The Debian starry desktop > background picture does show up however. When I wave the mousepointer > over the login window, it selectively shows -some- of the contents, > enough that I can see to select my username, type my password and log > in. (...) Are you using a nvidia VGA card? If so, you can first try to disable KMS and see how it goes. Instructions can be found here: http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting#Disabling_KMS Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jms4d3$o0u$1...@dough.gmane.org -- 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/1334976985.4403.yahoomail...@web125302.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
