Re: nVidia drivers
Hope you don't mind me writing to you directly (copied to list).
Text to you (and reply) below:
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 11:27, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (26/05/05 12:12), sonic_th@ono.com wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > i've recently purchased an acer aspire 1524wlmi with a geforce go5700, i've
> > been installing the system but i can't find the package nvidia-kernel-source,
> > for the latest version of the dirvers (1.0.7174-1). Anyone knows anything
> > about it, or do you use the nvidia official installer?
>
> I've got the same machine running sid ;)
>
> I'm using the generic 'nv' module which works fine. At some point I
> intend to explore:
Clive, I chose "nv" when installing my Debian amd64. I think I chose
the wrong video options when installing, cause now my resolution options
are very limited.
I'm wondering how to change the XFree86 settings to get all I can out of
the "nv" driver?
I've also been looking at installing the debian nvidia packages, but
have come across a problem in compatibility betw nvidia & rivafb....
Below is a copy of my last post to the list:
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Following instructions from this list, I've been trying to follow this
document when installing/configuring my PC for nvidia support:
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian
When following the instructions to......
5. Then build nvidia-kernel package:
cd <YOUR BUILD LOCATION>/modules/nvidia-kernel
debian/rules binary_modules
...... I get the following error msg:.......
Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support!
The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please
reconfigure your kernel and *disable* rivafb support, then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.
*** Failed rivafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***
...... What on earth?? Do I need to compile my own kernel? I've
installed an SMP kernel image via apt-get. Do I need to roll my own
kernel to get rid of this "rivafb" support? Please no!
Actually I can find a kernel module in:......
:/lib/modules/2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp/kernel/drivers/video/riva#
..... called rivafb.ko, so hopefully its just a matter of changing video
modules? This goes beyond anything I know about which video module to
use. Which module is a good generic one to use until I can get nvidia
sorted out??
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>
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html
>
> .... but other things have taken priority so far.
BTW, from this list, I understand that the above installation doesn't
work with 64bit Debian. The two have different directory structures, so
a manual fix is required afterwards....
.... Just thought I'd let you know.
--
Rupert Heesom <rupert@heesom.org.uk>
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