Bug#804110: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: fresh install debian-8.2.0-amd64, Xfce yields black screen at login
On 2015-11-05 20:13 +0100, David Christensen wrote:
> On 11/05/2015 10:11 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>
>> Your logs show that the nouveau kernel module loads too late, did you
>> blacklist it?
>
> No.
You need to figure out why it's not loaded earlier by udev then. This
works for almost everyone else.
>> see #700946.
>
> So, the Debian project is shipping "stable" product with known Nvidia
> DOA bugs OOTB? That's going to affect a *lot* of computers.
It doesn't affect new installs at all, only upgrades from systems that
had non-free packages installed.
> Is there a Debian amd64 version that works OOTB on Nvidia?
Jessie should work on most cards, but some are problematic (especially
old IGPs).
Cheers,
Sven
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