Brice Goglin wrote:
Brice, thanks for your help on this but I think you should take it off your list. I tried to get the console up but never could. I did a fresh net install with "auto64 video=ofonly" from debian.se to my 2nd hard drive with successful reboot. I then tried ALT_CONTROL_F1 at the screen blank, but that didn't work. Then I restarted and tried typing in "/usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg/script 3>&1".Please just run /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg/script 3>&1 (from a VT console after X failed to try) and send us the whole output. It will gather all we need. I assume the installer used "ati" as a video driver in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Old ati driver (such as 6.6.3) had a bug in their detection code. You might want to replace "ati" with "radeon" and see if it helps. Brice
No response there either.I feel lost and way out of my league. I feel like I'm standing at the blackboard with particle physicists trying to keep up with a basic math education.
I'll stick with the Mac OSX. Thanks again Steve