Installing Nvidia 1.0.6629 Driver
All,
So since I am so new to this 64 bit stuff, I have a stupid question. Should
I be using nvidia's AMD 64bit driver? I downloaded Nvidia's 1.0.6629 driver
for AMD64 and tried to install it onto my system. It appeared to install
correctly but gave me a warning about a 32bit library. When the installer
was done I tried to load the module and it seemed to load just fine, normal
messages in the kernel. But when I setup the XFree86-4 config file for the
nvidia driver and ran X11, it kicked me out saying that it couldn't find the
nvidia module! I had it loaded in memory, it should not have to find the
module.
I struggled for a while trying to get this working by messing with the X11
config file but finally gave up and uninstalled the driver. I put the X11
config file back to the original specs and I can't get into X now. It
complains about some libGL symbols, then complains about VESA
write-combining range. What the heck is that? Did I screw myself when I
installed the drivers? I read some posts from a while back about the nvidia
drivers and how they install their own libraries in places you may not want
them. How can I get my X11 working again? I prefer to get the nvidia
driver installed but just a quick and dirty hack to get vesa back would be
acceptable.
Here's the output of startx:
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XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 20041217234706 root@me)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9 x86_64 [ELF]
Build Date: 18 December 2004
This version of XFree86 has been extensively modified by the Debian
Project, and is not supported by the XFree86 Project, Inc., in any
way. Bugs should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System; see
<URL: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting >.
We strongly encourage the use of the "reportbug" package and command
to ensure that bug reports contain as much useful information as
possible.
Before filing a bug report, you may want to consult the Debian X FAQ:
XHTML version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.xhtml
plain text version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8 (root@athlon.lowpingbastards.de)
(gcc version 3.4.4 20041218 (prerelease)
(Debian 3.4.3-7)) #1 Fri Jan 28 04:54:33 CET 2005
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 4 21:22:50 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o": No
symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o": No
symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o":
No symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_vertex.o":
No symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols
found
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd0000000,0x8000000)
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
waiting for X server to shut down
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Thanks for all your help!
-Greg
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