On Tuesday 01 April 2008 04:23, Massimo Savino wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am on a Pentium dual-core system (E2160) with 4GB RAM housed on an Asus
> P5K-VM motherboard with integrated Intel G33 / GMA3100 graphics, running
> Debian testing downloaded about 3 weeks ago.
>
> Although I am no expert, I have used Linux for 10 years, and Debian has
> been my distro of choice since 2000. I have used Nvidia cards for nearly 8
> years now, and have been more than happy with their performance. I have
> used the proprietary Nvidia drivers exclusively since switching from ATI in
> 2001.
>
> My troubles started yesterday when I bought a BFG 8800 GT PCI-Express card
> with 512mb RAM
> On this motherboard, I am unable to even have a console running.
>
> The BIOS allows you to switch off the onboard graphics, which I have done,
> of course.
>
> I upgraded to a custom
2.6.24.4 kernel last night, and made sure that I
> followed the
wiki.debian.org HOWTO closely by disabling the fb_riva,
> fb_nvidia and fb_vesa framebuffers. I have enabled SMP options as per the
> CPU.
>
> Every other Nvidia card and motherboard combo would default to console when
> I would install a new kernel.
>
> This combination switches to a framebuffer with a Debian logo when using
> the G33 integrated graphics, but goes totally blank with the NVidia card
> installed. I can't even put it back into console.... help!
>
> Suggestions welcomed!
>
> Cheers
> Mass