Debian freeze error

**joyiller** · 01-12-2010

I'm verry new to linux and have installed debian lenny.
but I have met some problems. The biggerst one is that I cant start debian.
To be more exactly, debian freeze after i come to the loggin scean, I cant move the mouse and i cant wright.

You may say that this is hardwear error but its not, cus i can run grubs singel-user-mode and do whatever i want in the shell.

so my question is, how do i fix this from shell. I think maby I shld change something in xorg.conf but not sure what, and how.

Thx!
P.S sorry for my bad english.

**devils casper** · 01-13-2010

Hi and Welcome !

Its a Graphics Card problem only. Which Graphics Card do you have?

**joyiller** · 01-13-2010

pretty old one, nvidia nforce4 I think, but there is no problm with it when i run other OS.

**devils casper** · 01-13-2010

Follow instructions from here to install Nvidia Driver.
If you don't want to install Proprietary driver, post the output of this

Code:

su -
lspci | grep -i vga

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

**joyiller** · 01-13-2010

I used you command and I was abele to start the depian and log in but after 3 min it frose agien, så i can't install the nivida drivers cus i can't download them. dont know how to show you the xorg.conf file, i can only read it with th cat command and then i cant see the hole thing

i will wright down what I can see:

identifier "generic Keyboard"
driver "kbd"
option "XkbRules" "xorg"
option "CkbModel" "pc105"
option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection

Section "InputDevce"
Identifier "Configured mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

**devils casper** · 01-13-2010

Edit xorg.conf file.

Code:

su -
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Set Driver "nv" in Video Card section.

Code:

Section "Device"
Identifier "configured Video Device"
Driver "nv"
EndSection

Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file. Reboot machine.
In case "nv" driver doesn't work, replace it with "vesa".

You can switch to command line mode by pressing Alt+Ctrl+F3. Press Alt+Ctrl+F7 to switch back to GUI.

**joyiller** · 01-13-2010

Sorrybut didn't work

**devils casper** · 01-13-2010

Execute this

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

Post output here.

**svinoba** · 01-13-2010

DC, my Debian xorg.conf says nothing but works fine. Pls see below:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

I did

Code:

Xorg -configure

and then copied /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

**devils casper** · 01-13-2010

Originally Posted by svinoba

DC, my Debian xorg.conf says nothing but works fine

Debian works fine if you have Graphics Card other than Nvidia and ATI. Only Nvidia and ATI cards create problems.

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