Re: MSI N210 graphics card causes boot failure
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:30:30 -0700, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote:
> My nVidia GeForce 6600 GT card started to act up, so I purchased an
> inexpensive MSI N210 card (which uses the 210 nVidia chipset). The
> salesman said I'd be happier with it!
>
> Sadly, after the the initial boot sequence lines of text (in regular VGA
> font) appear, the screen goes blank, and the disc stops working. It
> appears that the "fine print" boot messages are lost at that time. Is it
> possible the card does not support alternative VGA text formats?
(...)
> Does anyone know why this happens, or what if any incompatibilities
> there are between the current Debian release and this card? Any
> suggestions for an alternative card would also be welcome (high "gaming"
> performance is not needed).
Before anything, I would try these steps:
1/ Rename any current "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file (if any) and let Xorg to
auto-configure the card.
2/ Boot with KMS disabled (append "nouveau.modeset=0" at boot's kernel
line).
There is also the closed source nvidia driver which usually works quite
well but the first to do is making the system boots :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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