Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-29 Thread Jeff Soules
Emailed too soon -- I was actually able to run the nvidia installer script without a problem this time around (mysteriously!) so I am now all set up and can resume setting up the new Debian box. Thanks again to everyone for your advice and patience! On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Jeff Soules <[

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-29 Thread Jeff Soules
> > > You can also see that I've disabled glx output and restricted screen > > resolution to 1024x768 or lower (non-widescreen resolutions) in the > > hope that this might help, but no luck so far. I should've been clearer -- I made those changes through dpkg-reconfigure. (I've grown quite comfor

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 16:57:04 -0400, Jeff Soules wrote: > Thanks for the help so far, everyone. > > > I have retried using both of the generic drivers. Now I'm getting a > > > fatal server error -- no screens found. > > > Still not working, but at least it's enough to start me on further > > >

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-28 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El sáb, 28-06-2008 a las 16:57 -0400, Jeff Soules escribió: > Thanks for the help so far, everyone. > > > I have retried using both of the generic drivers. Now I'm > getting a > > fatal server error -- no screens found. > > Still not working, but at least it's enou

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-28 Thread Jeff Soules
Thanks for the help so far, everyone. > I have retried using both of the generic drivers. Now I'm getting a > > fatal server error -- no screens found. > > Still not working, but at least it's enough to start me on further > > research. > >> > > The monitor in question is an Acer 22" lcd, if anyo

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:34:50PM -0700, Memnon Anon wrote: > On 27 Jun., 19:30, "Jeff Soules" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > Hi! > > > After install, I attempt to start X using startx. A few lines of text flash > > on the screen, then it blacks out and the system buzzer gives me one >

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-28 Thread Memnon Anon
On 27 Jun., 19:30, "Jeff Soules" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, Hi! > After install, I attempt to start X using startx. A few lines of text flash > on the screen, then it blacks out and the system buzzer gives me one > short beep. I cannot alt-Fx to any other terminal and lose the terminal

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El vie, 27-06-2008 a las 16:31 -0400, Jeff Soules escribió: > > Kent West wrote: > I would start by changing the nvidia driver to the nv driver > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Mumia W. wrote: > Re-do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and select the "vesa" > driver--just to

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 04:31:05PM -0400, Jeff Soules <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have retried using both of the generic drivers. Now I'm getting a fatal > server error -- no screens found. > Still not working, but at least it's enough to start me on further research. IIRC the "n

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Kent West
Jeff Soules wrote: Kent West wrote: I would start by changing the nvidia driver to the nv driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf Mumia W. wrote: Re-do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and select the "vesa" driver--just to check if the nvidia driver is the source of the problem. Than

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Jeff Soules
Kent West wrote: > I would start by changing the nvidia driver to the nv driver in > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Mumia W. wrote: > Re-do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and select the "vesa" driver--just to > check if the nvidia driver is the source of the problem. > Thanks for the suggestions. I have

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/27/2008 12:20 PM, Jeff Soules wrote: Hi all, Thanks for taking the time to read this. I try to solve things by myself, but I'm at a loss for the next step in troubleshooting this one. After install, I attempt to start X using startx. A few lines of text flash on the screen, then it blac

Re: Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Kent West
Jeff Soules wrote: After install, I attempt to start X using startx. A few lines of text flash on the screen, then it blacks out and the system buzzer gives me one short beep. I cannot alt-Fx to any other terminal and lose the terminal I'm working in, and have to restart with ctrl-alt-del.

Advice for troubleshooting X (total screen loss) -- Newb Alert

2008-06-27 Thread Jeff Soules
Hi all, Thanks for taking the time to read this. I try to solve things by myself, but I'm at a loss for the next step in troubleshooting this one. After install, I attempt to start X using startx. A few lines of text flash on the screen, then it blacks out and the system buzzer gives me one sho