On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 04:15:30 -0500, Jeff wrote in message <20111205091530.gk2...@saphira.wellnow.com>:
> Hi, Folks -- > > I'm installing Squeeze on an Acer Aspire 5250 with Radeon HD 6310 as a > Christmas gift for my sister. All went well during install but I get > nothing but a black screen on Resume from Suspend. Even Power Off and > Power On again doesn't clear it -- I've had to remove the battery each > time to get back to 'normal'. The kernel is 2.6.32-5-amd64. > > I've searched the 'Net extensively on this and tried a variety of tips > but nothing so far has worked -- have set 'radeon modeset=0' as > advised by one person, for example, but nothing seemed to change. I > expect there might be a specific 'quirk' that could be set for this > card but I haven't yet found any info that seems applicable. > > I gather this problem is fixed in the 2.6.35 kernel but haven't found > one at Debian, and don't want to move all the way up to the 3.1 > kernel. > > I'd be grateful for additional tips or for advice on a 'quirk' or for > a pointer to a suitable 2.6.35+ kernel. > > Thanks very much, > ..it works ok with Sid? I suspect your gift's graphics is "too new" for Squeeze. Maybe with backports? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- 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/20111205104406.1e373...@nb6.lan
