Re: X on laptop going nuts

[Paul Puschmann <lnx@uzulabs.net>]

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a.list.address@gmail.com wrote:
> When this happens, can you press Ctrl+Alt+F1/F2/etc and switch to
> another terminal?
> 
> Can you press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and restart X?
> 
> Have you checked /var/log/XFree86.log.0?  (might be several)
> 
>>From where did you install the nVidia drivers?
> 
> When did the problem start happening?
> 
> Have you tried backing up your X config and using either
> dpkg-reconfigure or apt-get --reinstall on X?
> 
> Have you considered upgrading to a newer kernel?
> 
> 
Try to use the nv drivers for your XFree86 and not the nvidia driver.

If the problem is gone, try to reinstall your nvidia-binary-drivers.

See this document:
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html

I chose the way via module-assistant and everything works great.

Paul
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