On 2013-08-26, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > I read the postings fairly recently on this list, then Googled and found: > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#configure > > I decided to follow that. I also followed the trouble-shooting recommended. > > I have checked and as a result of what I did, the following package is > definitely installed. (It is recommended.) > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/nvidia-kernel-common
So you installed the kernel headers for the running kernel, the nvidia-kernel-dkms package, the nvidia-glx package, ran 'update-initramfs -u' to update the ramdisk to include the blacklisted nouveau module, created an xorg.conf file with the appropriate content, and rebooted the machine? > At present I have been offered a CLI login and have logged in as root. > > I was able to: > > cat /var/log//Xorg.0.log > > but I could not pipe to less (or more!) because I couldn't find the pipe. > Googling seemed to suggest that the American pipe was on a key in a position > that does not exist on my keyboards, which wasn't very helpful. You don't need cat: less /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- 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/slrnl1s3cd.2o8.cu...@einstein.electron.org
