On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 23:21:03 +0000, James Allsopp wrote: > I wrote this as an xorg.conf, but the problem still remains, > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > DefaultDepth 16 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection
This wasn't the best of advice to offer given the contents of Xorg.0.log. > xrandr says there are no displays though. X needs to be running to have an xrandr output. Again, not a useful suggestion to give you. > My Xorg.0.log is now as written at the bottom of this message. [Snip] > [drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau" > (EE) [drm] failed to open device http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting and also look at what is happening with nouveau in the output of the 'dmesg' command. -- 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/20120618231945.GL30016@desktop