Hi I have a Debian testing 64 bits running on a Dell Optiplex 960. I have three different kernels installed: 2.6.32-5, 3.2.0-1 and 3.2.0-2.
Until a recent upgrade (through apt-get update/apt-get upgrade), I could not use the Gnome login screen with kernel versions 3.2.0-1 and 3.2.0-2: the top of the screen displayed a strange random pattern of pixels of many colors and the bottom of the screen was black. However, in this case, I was able to use GUI login, and, thus, Debian by using 2.6.32-5 kernel. After a recent upgrade, the Gnome login screen is now not even available with the 2.6.32-5 kernel. I only have a black screen with a cursor on the top-right corner and a rectangle constituted of random pixels in black and white located at the left of the screen and close to the top of the screen. I tried to remove the gdm3 package. This allow me reach the login console with the 2.6.32-5 kernel. In this case, I also have a rectangle constituted of random pixels in black and white located at the same place: left of the screen and close to the top of the screen. And, I still have the same bug as before with kernel versions 3.2.0-1 and 3.2.0-2: random pattern of pixels in many colors on top of the screen and black on the bottom of the screen. I tried to use the command startx when I am in the console but there is a problem. I do not copy here the result but I can extract. I think that this problem is causing the trouble with Gnome. Lspci finds this graphic card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device 0342 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at fe9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: radeon I have no idea how to fix this problem. I would be grateful is somebody could help me fix it. Regards. Johan -- 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/CAKS5mhSAKscZ_ocZYBFifXDiRryw3jkPr=y73znt93tdagc...@mail.gmail.com