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Re: Unable to get X to start on new flat screen monitor using DVI



On 2012-06-19 01:19 +0200, Brian wrote:

> On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 23:21:03 +0000, James Allsopp wrote:
>
>> [drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau"
>> (EE) [drm] failed to open device
>
>    http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
>
> and also look at what is happening with nouveau in the output of the
> 'dmesg' command.

That question is easy to answer, the nouveau module does not exist
because James is running an obsolete 2.6.30 kernel.  Upgrading to the
Squeeze kernel should rectify this.

Cheers,
       Sven


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