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

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 683695 linux/3.2.21-3
tags 683695 + moreinfo
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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 reporting it, and sorry for the slow reply.

Your card is an nvcf.  If we're lucky, the following change in 3.2.23-1 will
have helped:

  * nouveau: Update to support Fermi (NVC0+) acceleration (Closes: #679566)
    - Refactor sub-channel use
    - Bump version to 1.0.0

What kernel do you use?  Please attach output from

	reportbug --template linux-image-$(uname -r)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan