Re: X with NVidia: "(EE) No devices detected"
Issac Trotts, 2002-Oct-08 16:36 -0700:
> I recently upgraded my video card to a PNY Verto
> sporting a GeForce Ti 4600 chipset. The first thing
> I tried worked for a while: I downloaded the binary
> kernel module and GLX server from nvidia.com and
> followed the directions. startx worked fine and I
> had nice, accelerated OpenGL. I even got some binary
> nvidia demos for windows to run in WINE.
>
> But then I rebooted, for a reason that I don't remember,
> and since then I have not been able to get X working
> with my shiny new NVidia card. I can still run X if
> I plug my old TNT2 card back in, but that's not powerful
> enough for the application I'm trying to build. The
> output from startx -- -verbose 5 is attached, along with my
> XF86Config-4 file.
>
> Since I rebooted I downloaded the binary debs for the nvidia
> kernel module and glx using dselect, but it didn't help.
> My kernel is still version 2.2.18 because the 2.4.18 that I compiled
> doesn't work properly with my system and I haven't had time
> yet to track down the reason.
>
> Running insmod NVdriver didn't help...
>
> I wonder if I should just back up all my data and do a fresh install
> of Debian, or maybe start looking for a less complicated alternative
> to X, if such a thing exists. Usually I don't need to run the application
> on a separate machine from the one displaying it. If I need that
> functionality I would be quite happy to incorporate it into the application
> I'm writing rather than deal with all the complexity of X.
>
> Anyway, has anyone seen this problem or does anyone know how to
> fix it?
>
> Thanks!
> Issac
Re-installing is a bit drastic. It seems to me that the modules
aren't loading. The installation process puts them, I think, in
/lib/modules/<kernel>/misc so check there and do the insmod on those
specific names. You'll also need to add those modules to the list in
/etc/modules so they are loaded at boot.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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