Brilliant, updated the kernel and everything seems fixed now! Thanks very much! James
On 20 June 2012 08:18, James Allsopp <jamesaalls...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > That's really odd about the kernel. The computer was working fine on an > old CRT via VGA, and I just plugged my new flat screen in via dvi-d, and > you can see start up, but X doesn't start. > > I'm upgrading to the 2.6.32-686 kernel, will that be new enough? > Thanks > James > > > On 19 June 2012 20:16, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> On 2012-06-19 01:19 +0200, Brian wrote: >> >> > On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 23:21:03 +0000, James Allsopp wrote: >> > >> >> [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. >> >> That question is easy to answer, the nouveau module does not exist >> because James is running an obsolete 2.6.30 kernel. Upgrading to the >> Squeeze kernel should rectify this. >> >> Cheers, >> Sven >> >> >> -- >> 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/87bokfgljj....@turtle.gmx.de >> >> >
