Re: kernel upgrade has made nvidia 3D rendering not turn on.....

["Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Am Sonntag, 1. Juni 2008 schrieb Michael Fothergill:
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> > Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:34:22 +1000
> > From: dean@fragfest.com.au
> > To: mikef20000@hotmail.com
> > CC: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: kernel upgrade has made nvidia 3D rendering not turn on.....
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> > boot the previous kernel version for a while
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> > Dean
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> Please excuse my ignorance here but how exactly does one do that?
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> MF
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Hi Michael,

the previous kernel should be abble to choose in the menu of grub (or lilo) , 
when starting the machine. You can install different kernel-versions, like 
2.6.18, 2.6.24 and 2.6.25, and when starting the machine, you can choose, 
which kernel shall be booted.

O.k., on the other hand, please check, if the latest package "nvidia-glx" is 
installed, as the nvidia accelrator depends on two parts: the kernel-module 
(which is nvidia-kernel and must be built by you) and the 
package "nvidia-glx", which must be installed. The latter interacts with the 
kernel-module.

And last but not least: In /etc/X11/xorg.conf check the entries for 
acceleration and module:

LOAD "glx"

and 

DRIVER "nvidia" 

must be activated.


Good luck !

Hans