I experienced video problems (less severe than those of OP) after installing Squeeze on a new (to me) machine with the Intel chip. After many failed attempts at fixing it, I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.39-1-686-pae. Now everything works!
Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:46:30 -0700, Ed Siegner wrote: > >> I added "nomodeset" to the kernel command line in "grub" >> at boot time but still no video. > > It would be of help to see the full X log once you added > "nomodeset" to the kernel line, juts to see the driver > that loads. > >> "dmesg" says it was passed, but didn't see anything in >> the "Xorg.0.logs" >> >> Kernel command line: >> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 >> root=UUID=dcbafd16-7eee-494c-b9b4-d3f982caae7d ro >> nomodeset >> >> I copied the logs generated from a "no modified" boot and >> logs generated with "nomodeset" added. > > Good :-) > > Where are they? > >> I check the following logs looking for a clue but none >> spotted. The ones taken at 110714th_091713 were unmodifed >> boot while the ones at >> 110714th_094114 were with the "nomodeset". Are you >> interested in looking at any of them since some are long? >> >> 110714th_091713_dmesg >> 110714th_091715_messages >> 110714th_091719_Xorg.0.log >> 110714th_091720_debug >> 110714th_092208_syslog >> 110714th_094108_dmesg >> 110714th_094109_messages >> 110714th_094114_debug >> 110714th_094114_kern.log >> 110714th_094114_Xorg.0.log >> 110714th_094118_syslog >> 110714th_094154_wtmp >> >> The first couple lines from >> >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Mode_Setting > > Better use this: > > http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting > >> tells me I'm dealing with a new feature, different from >> that used in "etch". >> Looking at the archives, others are having problems but I >> have not seen a successful resolve. >> Have any other ideals? > > Nope, no more ideas... Intel driver has been there since > years and is open source so devels can work on it and fix > problems quite easily. And by disabling KMS you should get > the plain fb or vesa driver. > > If don't get any further advice and still facing the > problem, I would think in opening a bug report in Debian > BTS. > > Greetings, > -- 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/ivpodh$h11$1...@dough.gmane.org
