[Gnewsense-dev] Fwd: gnewsense 4.0 Display issue

[Nandakumar Edamana]

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From: Nandakumar Edamana <***@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:10:49 +0530
Subject: Re: gnewsense 4.0

does it has something to do with display driver?

It has. Here is what Wikipedia says:

"nouveau (/nuːˈvoʊ/) is a free and open-source graphics device driver
for Nvidia video cards and the Tegra family of SoCs written by
independent software engineers, with minor help from Nvidia employees.
The project's goal is to create an open source driver by reverse
engineering Nvidia's proprietary Linux drivers."

I will forward this mail to the gnewsense list so that they can study
the issue and suggest some alternatives if any. Have you joined the
list yet?

same issue. no clue.
does it has something to do with display driver?
there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no such device

i will try to create a new live usb and will update you later.

That seems a good idea. Also don't forget to perform an MD5 check.

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:11:53 +0530

same issue. no clue.
does it has something to do with display driver?
there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no such device

Can you give more context? When/where do you see the error message?
What is not working?

[Nandakumar Edamana]

He said it was at the boot time of the Live CD. Instead of booting and
entering a GUI, it showed this error message. He also tried startx.
Summing up, the X Server (am I correct?) fails to present graphics
because as it says "there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no
such device".

Here is his complete messages:

Hi,
I downloaded gnewsense 4.0 live cd. it booted but no gui.

i have VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce
6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)

what to do to make it working?

- jagadees
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yes
i tried to run startx. same issue. In the log it says squashfs error.
i will try to create a new live usb and will update you later.
- jagadees
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same issue. no clue.
does it has something to do with display driver?
there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no such device

Post by Sam Geeraerts
Op Wed, 1 Jun 2016 06:11:53 +0530

same issue. no clue.
does it has something to do with display driver?
there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no such device

Can you give more context? When/where do you see the error message?
What is not working?
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[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Fri, 3 Jun 2016 04:26:06 +0530

Post by Nandakumar Edamana
He said it was at the boot time of the Live CD. Instead of booting and
entering a GUI, it showed this error message. He also tried startx.
Summing up, the X Server (am I correct?) fails to present graphics
because as it says "there was one error: could not insert 'nouveau' no
such device".

I don't have an Nvidia device to experiment with. What does the command
"sudo modprobe nouveau" say?