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Re: [LUG] Debian Squeeze

 

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:31:46 +0100
Henry Bremridge wrote:

> Switched her system from Ubuntu to Squeeze/Gnome and there is an
> increasing problem in that her desktop freezes: keyboard / mouse does
> not work. If I log in remotely and kill Xorg then the machine resets
> and no problem
> 
> The machine has nvidia graphics and I think under Ubuntu the
> restricted nvidia driver was used.
> 
> Looked at  http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers and tried to
> change the drivers but 
> # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg 
> does nothing
> 
> 
> Any suggestions on installing the nvidia drivers or reconfiguring
> X?

Does this machine *need* the nVidia drivers, or would nv/nouveau
suffice?

Grant.

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