Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-09 Thread Richard Möhn
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 01:08:37AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/08/2008 09:57 PM, Taahir wrote: > >I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its > >own hard > >disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive > >is > >currently not connected,

Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 02:46:44AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/09/08 00:32, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > [snip] >> >> there are several ways to go about this. What you need to do first, >> I think, is find out which video driver is trying to run that >> card. Realise that the 8xxx series ca

Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/09/08 00:32, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [snip] there are several ways to go about this. What you need to do first, I think, is find out which video driver is trying to run that card. Realise that the 8xxx series cards are having lots of trouble with the nvidia drivers. I've given up on g

Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/08/2008 09:57 PM, Taahir wrote: I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its own hard disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive is currently not connected, so that isn't a factor. My graphics card is an nvidia 8800 gts. My proble

Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:57:44PM -0500, Taahir wrote: > > I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its own > hard > disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive is > currently not connected, so that isn't a factor. My graphics card is an

New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-08 Thread Taahir
I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its own hard disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive is currently not connected, so that isn't a factor. My graphics card is an nvidia 8800 gts. My problem is that when I start up Debian, I get