Bug#776838: System freezes with borked graphics

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

Am 02.02.2015 um 11:34 schrieb Karsten Loeft:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> Version: 1:1.0.11-1
>
> When I install Debian 8 "jessie" and boot into the new system, very
> soon I get borked graphics and the system freezes. I tried several
> desktop environments - Cinnamon, GNOME, GNOME Classic and Xfce - and
> two display managers - gdm and lightdm - it always happens. Sometimes
> it happens already in the display manager, sometimes only after I
> start iceweasel.
>
> I habe a ASROCK AM2NF6G-VSTA-mainboard with a NVIDIA GeForce 6100 /
> nForce 405 (C61) GPU.

Try booting with the nouveau.config=NvMSI=0 kernel parameter.  If that
does not help, use nouveau.noaccel=1.

Cheers,
       Sven