On 2010-04-16 15:13 +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > Severity: normal > > The 'garbage' I am referring to is letters and colours in random > placement each time I reboot, so I lost my ability to switch to VT's > in case something goes wrong with my X. Card is a NVidia GeForce (02:00.0 VGA > compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] (rev a1) > (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) ) - as reported by lspci.
This card should work fine, I have the same model… > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, > 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-rc4-00054-g2ba3abd (SMP w/2 CPU cores) …but this kernel is not supported, see README.Debian. Do you even use the nouveau X driver? Check your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org