Bug#756583: ...with kernel 3.17 too!

2014-10-10 Thread Alessandro G .
Running Debian 8 with a custom 3.17 kernel, this time simply it can't enter X: the notebook slows down/behaves strange, but there is no message about the GPU lockup... probably, the lockup only occurs just as before! Virtual console 7 appears like a frozen, blue-painted tty1. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Bug#749374: display-manager.service can't be re-enabled automatically

2014-10-04 Thread Alessandro G .
In Debian 8 "Jessie" testing 20140929, I can successfully prevent the X server from running automatically at boot time with: systemctl disable gdm But, once disabled, it can't be re-enabled with "systemctl enable gdm" (or gdm3, or display-manager, or something similar). It's necessar

Bug#756583: nouveau GPU lockups

2014-09-29 Thread Alessandro G .
I have an old HP Pavilion dv6215ea with an nVidia GeForce Go 7400, and the same GPU lockup occurs: - with Debian "Jessie" testing 2014-09-29: immediately after entering X; - with Wheezy 7.6, ONLY with a custom kernel (3.12, 3.14, 3.16; a custom 3.2.63 works fine) and always after having hit OK