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Hey. I'm completely new to Linux and Debian. I got the net install and the download seemed fine. When I went to turn on my laptop everything worked fine, Grub started, I chose to boot Debian and I got the page with a lot of text scrolling down (It's loading?) Then after that the screen goes completely blank. I have an HP DV9000 with a NVIDIA graphics card. Anyone able to help?

Thanks,
Clauds.

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Try single user mode

Submitted by ken3d on Sat, 2008-01-05 20:28.

I had the same problem recently on a dv6000. If you boot into single user mode the x-server won't start and you can tweak the settings. Try #man xorg

It should work in vga if nothing else.

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How can I tweak settings?

Submitted by Clauds on Wed, 2008-01-09 20:23.

I go into single user mode and it's still blank. How can I tweak the settings?

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run command

Submitted by hildebrand_us on Thu, 2008-01-10 00:54.

run the command dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and put the right settings for the parameters the script asks for.
Putting the nvidia drivers also is a good idea. i think there is a separate package called nvidia-xconfig also which configures drivers. See if it helps.

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Where do I run the command?

Submitted by Clauds on Thu, 2008-01-10 18:05.

Where do I run the command?

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