Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-09 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

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

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 cards are

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, so that

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

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