Hi all! since I installed new kernels (i.e. 4.9.0 and 4.14.0-0) to be half-protected against Meltdown/Spectre I was having freezing problems with X using 'nouveau' driver (never had any problem with older kernels). So i decided to try the original non-free nvidia driver as provided by the nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver and relted packages. Now, after struggling for a couple of days to search the web for a possible solution to the 'black screen' coming out running startx, I'm curious to know if there is any of you with the same hardware who found a workaround and would share it.
Looking at the various logs I can't find any clue. Reading <https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#configure> I also consulted the suggested link 'http://askubuntu.com/a/613573/134848' but as its author worked on a MacBook7,1 whereas mine is macmini4,1 I'm afraid either I misunderstood his advices concerning the 'setpci -s' (my values where different) or that patch is not applicable to macmini. Thanks for your attention, regards, ennio -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fa' qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) ] (°|°) [Why use Win$ozz (I say) if ... "even a fool can do that. )=( Do something you aren't good at!" (as Henry Miller used to say) ]