Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-30 Thread Jonathan Nieder
found 683695 linux/3.2.21-3 tags 683695 + moreinfo quit Hi Dick, Dick Thomas wrote: bought a new gfx card Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti and installed wheezy to test it failed to boot stopping at populating /dev but i could still hear the hard drive moving (and yes my hard drive is fine) Thanks for

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-27 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: retitle -1 nouveau needs patches backported from 3.4 to support GTX 550 Ti cards control: severity -1 important On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Dick Thomas wrote: hiya, Michael sorry for taking so long to get back to you I tried the 3.5 kernel and it works perfectly with the gfx

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-23 Thread Dick Thomas
hiya, Michael sorry for taking so long to get back to you I tried the 3.5 kernel and it works perfectly with the gfx card regards Dick Thomas On 22 September 2012 18:40, Michael Gilbert mgilb...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Dick Thomas wrote: still a noob to debian

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Dick Thomas wrote: still a noob to debian so daren't do that yet as I don't want to get flamed but thank you for the suggestions :) Flaming is somewhat less prevalent in debian nowadays, so please try to not worry about that. Would you mind at least trying the

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-21 Thread Dick Thomas
still a noob to debian so daren't do that yet as I don't want to get flamed but thank you for the suggestions :) Dick Thomas On 19 September 2012 22:45, Michael Gilbert mgilb...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dick Thomas wrote: Hello, Mike Sadly that didn't work still

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Gilbert
Can you try adding nouveau.tv_disable=1 to your kernel command line? As suggested by: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42869 Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#683695: libdrm-nouveau1a: when using Nvidia Gtx 550 Ti card boot stops at populating /dev

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dick Thomas wrote: Hello, Mike Sadly that didn't work still stopped displaying stuff at populating /dev/ but I can hear it loading in the background (sound card popping etc) adding nomodeset does work but then I don't know if it still using nouveau or not as