On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 07:30:02 +0100, Bob Proulx wrote: > Frank Miles wrote: >> This is insane. I have a new system with an Asus H87M-Pro MB, an intel >> i4770t. Fresh install of wheezy. Things seemed mostly functional... >> but if I switched out of X to a terminal (Alt-Ctrl-Fn) the system would >> crash. In addition, shutdown would only start, then it would crash >> (even if X was never started). >> ... >> If anyone has some spare clues, I could use one about now! TIA! Even >> just where to start, what to look for would be appreciated. > > What graphics card do you have there? This could be any of several > things. It sounds like radeon modsetting requiring the nonfree blobs. > Do you have firmware-linux-nonfree installed? > > http://bugs.debian.org/696571 > > If that is it then try enabling nonfree in your sources.list file. > > deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free > > apt-get update > apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree > > Not sure that lack of firmware-linux-nonfree is the problem but it seems > like a good possibility. > > Bob
There is no graphics card - the CPU does the graphics. A preliminary check: I got about 750fps on glxgears, which is plenty as my needs are computational, not gaming/graphics. Yes, I installed the nonfree firmware excepting a whole lot intended for wifi devices that aren't in my system. -Frank -- 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/l755as$6fs$1...@dont-email.me
