Thread: Dell XPS 1530m Display Problem

hey everyone,

have older dell laptop. xps 1530m nvidia 8400m gs.
screen on laptop broken, external display still seems work.

have installed debian wheezy it. grub shows fine, , can select either recovery mode or default option. see whole lot of

...loading "something" [ok]
after loads gdm3 (gnome display manager), external screen turns black. (the primary display cracked , never displays anything)

can remote laptop via ssh.

update::
[my previous request xorg configuration file disables internal lcd]

in process of making such file, require help. have.

section "monitor"
identifier "external hdmi"
option "enable" "true"
option "preferredmode" "1920x1080"
endsection

section "monitor"
identifier "integrated lcd"
option "ignore" "true"
[color="rgb(72, 61, 139)"]endsection[/color]

section "device"
identifier "card0"
vendorname "nvidia corporation"
boardname "geforce 8400m gs"
driver "nouveau"
busid "01.00.0"
option "monitor-hdmi1" "external hdmi"
option "monitor-lvds1" "integrated lcd"
endsection

section "screen"
identifier "screen0"
device "card0"
monitor "external hdmi"
subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 24
endsubsection

subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 32
endsubsection

endsection

section "serverlayout"
identifier "layout0"
screen "screen0"
endsection

section "files"
modulepath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/misc"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/100dpi"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/75dpi"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/type1"
fontpath "built-ins"
endsection

and error receive now

code:

fatal server error: [ 312.888] xf86openconsole: cannot find free vt

hi cc7gir.

post content of file?

code:

/var/log/xorg.0.log

please paste here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/, , post link here.

regards.

btw, post marked solved, won't attention problem way.

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