Re: HP DV9540 laptop AMD64 with nVidia G8400M graphic card will not start in X mode
Am Donnerstag 23 August 2007 schrieb Niels Larsen:
> On Thursday 23 August 2007 20:02:38 Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag 23 August 2007 schrieb Niels Larsen:
> > > I just bought a new laptop.
> > >
> > > I have X window 7.1.1 installed
> > >
> > > First I tried to install 32 bit etch, but install could not fine my
> > > network.
> > >
> > > Then I tried some various k/ubuntu 64 bits, and install started, but
> > > ended with black screen.
> > >
> > > Then I installed etch amd64, and it went well, but when I tried to
> > > start "startx", I get:
> > > Fatal Server Error - no screens found
> > >
> > > I have been on http://wiki.x.org and looked in their FAQ.
> > >
> > > I have then tried to change driver: "nvidia", "vesa" and "vga" in
> > > the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but none seems to work.
> > >
> > > I have tried to run "X -configure" and to run with /root/xorg.conf.new,
> > > and then I get black screen (same i got from k/ubuntu).
> > >
> > > Please answer detailed in a newbie language, as I am not an expert.
> > >
> > > I tried to open xorgcfg, but never found that program (tried to find it
> > > with aptitude)
> > >
> > > By the way, I read that I could run both 32 -and 64 bits programs on
> > > amd64, but not mix.
> > >
> > > Thks in advance :-)
> >
> > Hi !
> > You have to install the nvidia-kernel-module and nvidia-glx.
> >
> > If you have another card than NVIDIA, please let me know,
>
> I have only this one card.
>
> How do I do that (sorry to ask).
>
> I have aptitude to install with, and when I search for nvidia, I only get
> nvidia-xconfig as a package, and I have installed that, but it will not
> open because I do not have X working.
Tge easiest way is to use module-assistant. It has a nice ncurses-GUI. Choose
nvidia-kernel, compile an install it. Afterwards install the package
nvidia-glx.
Hint: I do not use the latest version, I use a version before (100.14.09), the
latest version is freezing my system.
Good luck !
(You can also use the entry "nv" instead of "nvidia" in xorg.conf, but this
driver has nod acceleration.)
Good luck !
Hans
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