Re: NVIDIA driver (nvidia-kernel-source)
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 11:53:13AM +0200, Engosh wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:14:55 -0400 (EDT) Michael Bonert wrote:
>
> > I'm still having some problems and I think it lies somewhere with the
> > module configuration.
> >
> > Screen capture from 'startx':
> > ---SNIP---
> > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
> > Skipping
> > "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:debug_xform.o": No
> > symbols found
> > Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No
> > symbols
> > found
> > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> > (EE) No drivers available.
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
> > after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> > -----
> >
> >
> > I can see a nvidia module in /lib/modules:
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o
That's the kernel module, you also need the glx driver. What does "dpkg
-l nvidia-glx" return?
> Do you have compiled the nvidia-glx?
This is no longer necessary a binary version is already provided in the
Debian archives (and causes some problems see bug #205274).
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