Bug#684240: lenovo t61 laptop fails to shutdown

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Luis Mochan wrote:

>          I checked with lsmod that neither driver was
> installed. Furthermore, I didn't get the usual 'nvidia driver taints
> kernel' message on startup. Nevertheless, when X was started (after I
> logged off of single user mode), the nvidia startup screen was
> displayed and the nvidia driver was loaded. 

Yes.  To start X with the nouveau driver:

 1. Run "update-alternatives --config glx" and choose "mesa".
    (Both nvidia and nouveau should be able to cope with the mesa
    glx implementation.)

 2. Install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau.

 3. Move /etc/X11/xorg.conf temporarily out of the way.

To restore your old settings, move /etc/X11/xorg.conf back into place
and run "update-alternatives --config glx" again.

[...]
> Anyway, my problem (the laptop fails to shut off) seems to have been
> solved with the last nvidia upgrade of debian/testing.

Good to hear.

>                                                        I still have some other
> problems like an occasional black screen after suspend/resume.

I'd still be interested in seeing how well we can get nouveau to work.
Thanks for your patience.

Sincerely,
Jonathan