Re: Nvidia video driver problem
Am Donnerstag, 11. September 2008 schrieb Russ Cook:
> I'm running an amd64, with 64bit linux (Sid), with evga 8800gts graphics
> card.
> I did apt-get update && upgrade today.
> Then I downloaded latest linux source 2.6.26.5 from kernel.org, and
> downloaded
> the latest nvidia-kernel-source using apt-get.
> I compiled a custom kernel and latest nvidia-kernel-source according to
> procedures
> outlined at http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers . I've done
> this before successfully,
> and was running Nvidia driver before this action.
> The problem is that X will not start now with the Nvidia driver. It
> WILL start with
> the nv open source driver.
> Looking in /usr/lib/xorg/modules, I have a symlink libwfb.so pointing to
> libnvidia-wfb.so.100.14.11, which doesn't exist in this directory, and X
> complains about
> it in the Xorg.log file, attached. It also complains about module type1.
>
> Can anyone offer help or suggestions?
Hi !
First of all, make sure, you compile the correct kernel-module (I suppose you
did). After installation of this, install the package "nvidia-glx". Hope you
did, too.
In /etc/X11/xorg.conf change the entry "nv" to "nvidia".
Now it should start.
If it still does not, move your script of login manager (kdm, gdm, xdm
whatever you use) out of the way, so it will not be started at boot.
(Hint: For kdm i.e. just move the files "/etc/init.d/kdm" somewhere else. So
you can restore it back later)
Now reboot your machine. You get the login prompt. Login as root and start X
using the command "startx". If it fails examine, what happens.
If it is starting as root, your user is not in the group "nvidia".
Good luck !
Hans
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