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Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch? {Scanned} {Scanned} {Scanned}



On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 11:24:13AM -0500, Henry Hollenberg wrote:
> OK, I added some unstable lines to my sources.list and ran apt-get update:
> 
> deb http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> 
> deb http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
> 
> then:
> apt-get -f install
>     which installed:
> ii  linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64            2.6.18-2                Linux 
> 2.6.18 image on AMD64
> 
> apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-kernel-common
> apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-kernel-source
> apt-get -t unstable install module-assistant
> m-a a-i nvidia
> apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-glx
> 
> And somehow the 2.6.18 kernel headers got installed not sure when or how:
> ii  linux-kernel-headers                  2.6.18-3                Linux 
> Kernel Headers for development

linux-kernel-headers provides /usr/include/linux for compiling user
space programs.  It has nothing to do with your running kernel and the
version doesn't really matter.  The headers for compiling kernel modules
involves linux-headers-2.6.18 or similar.

> I checked /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and it looked ok according to Andrew 
> Schulman's instructions.
> I also added my user to group video in case that was needed also according 
> to Schulman.
> 
> I am still gettting a gdm startup error:
> 
> Failed to start the X server....
> 
> GDM: Xserver not found: /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0....
> Error: Command could not be executed!
> Please install the Xserver or correct the GDM configuration and restart GDM

Maybe your gdm is misconfigured since I think it should be /usr/bin/X

Assuming the X symlink is actually installed and pointing at Xorg.  Is
xserver-xorg installed?

--
Len Sorensen



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