So a few weeks ago, I decided to install Debian Wheezy (then unstable) on a computer I built for my brother. The normal images didn't work for some reason now forgotten, so I had to use the unofficial installation images that included nonfree drivers. I had some problem (also now unforgotten) that made the computer take ~20 minutes to boot up for the first time, but after that Gnome 3 was working fine. Because my younger brother uses this computer and the free software drivers didn't do the graphics card in it (NVidia GTX 660) justice, I had to install the nvidia proprietary drivers as well a few days later if it matters. I pretty much followed the instructions verbatim from <http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers> (the Debian way), and the drivers were working fine for a few weeks.
I can't remember how many times I rebooted the system during the time when it worked, but it was a few times. I had sometimes gotten similar messages upon boot, but I had always assumed it would be like my first boot in that I would just have to wait thirty minutes for the boot, so rather than waiting I typically did a hard reboot (upon which I did not get the message and the system booted immediately). However, recently I did a hard reboot and I kept getting the same messages, over and over, and they didn't just stop after twenty minutes, making my system essentially bricked. Because it would be rather tedious to type all these messages out manually, I have compiled a video for you all to demonstrate the problem (please mute the audio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYNd5p5TvA Sorry for the shaky camera; I could not find a suitable place to rest the camera. Any ideas as to how to debug this? I could probably burn a live Debian USB to debug the issue but I suspect that the live system would not work without the proprietary drivers included in the system. If it matters, here are the basic specs of my system (summarized, as I have to use a computer in a different room to post this): - Intel i7 CPU - NVidia GTX 660 GPU - Asus motherboard - 750W PSU - Two HDDs connected and set via /etc/fstab to mount on boot (this configuration worked in previous boots so I doubt that is the issue) Thanks a lot ahead of time for any help. -- Harry Prevor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CABAfZD0UEyaaAR5ChR8mH0KpRyL9wQZq=i4mosapmfmjc91...@mail.gmail.com