Re: Fwd: P5K-VM v BFG NVidia 8800GT OC
In my opinion you should try another video card...
and you should be able to identify the X driver (I don't know how,
google should help with it) and use that in debian (until you could
use the nvidia driver) ...
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Massimo Savino <north.twilight@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, here are the results of my testing:
>
> Ubuntu produces the same result as Debian - no graphics mode launched at
> all, screen a total blank.
>
> Knoppix 5.1.1 forces the screen into an epileptic's nightmare, it flashes
> like crazy for about a minute or two, then starts up X (nv driver?), and
> functions normally.
>
> What was the idea behind trying just 2gb again?
>
> Kind regards
> Mass
>
>
>
>
> On undefined, Massimo Savino <north.twilight@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not yet. I have downloaded the 7.10 ubuntu liveCD iso though, will test
> tonight.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Lennart Sorensen
> <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 12:36:12AM -0400, Massimo Savino wrote:
> > > > OK, I've experimented with including both
> > > > video:vga16:off and
> > > > video:vesa:off
> > > >
> > > > Both still fail. But, I have noticed some interesting things about
> booting
> > > > from the onboard:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1. The last line that I said read "input..." reads "input: AT
> > > > translated"
> > > > 2. The first 2 lines from the onboard framebuffer say:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Loading essential drivers
> > > > Running /scripts/premount
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know if I can provide you with more information.
> > >
> > > Well it is running part of the initramfs scripts (or initrd scripts). I
> > > wonder what it is loading in there.
> > >
> > > Have you tried running with 2GB ram instead of 4?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Len Sorensen
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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