Re: Kernel 2.6.5 and Nvidia driver
I'm having this problem with Toshiba 5105 laptop, kernel-2.6.4 and nvidia
driver 1.0-5336 downloaded from Nvidia. There is about a 1/4 inch gap of the
screen not being used on the right hand side of the screen running
vertically. I used to be able to fix this problem (with kernel-2.4.x) by
editing my "/etc/modules.conf" file with this:
options nvidia NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 NVreg_Mobile=2
alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
But now this has no effect? (I'm using Debian "SID" with kernel-2.6.4).
Also, since I'm using the 2.6 kernel, I have put the:
options nvidia NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 NVreg_Mobile=2
alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
commands in the "/etc/modprobe.conf" file also.
Even if I exit out of the GUI and stop x, and kdm and "rmmod nvidia" to unload
the module and then reload it with:
"modprobe nvidia NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 NVreg_Mobile=2"
to insure that the options are loaded, and then restart kdm and x it has no
effect, the 1/4 inch gap is still there?
So far no one has been able to help me fix this, it's really annoying because
until now I haven't had any problems with these drivers.
Ralph
On Tuesday 06 April 2004 08:11 am, Kolione wrote:
> deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable/i386/
> deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia modules-unstable/i386/
> deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia pre/i386/
>
> i just use the stuff there saves time instead of compiling the kernel
> interface yourself
>
> On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 21:52, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> > I am facing a problem in installing the nvidia binary driver with
> > the latest kernel 2.6.5.
> >
> > With the earlier kernel versions, I could install the driver without any
> > hassles. I get the following error message when I try to
> > install it with kernel 2.6.5:
> >
> > ERROR: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename.
> >
> > Any pointers?
> >
> > For the record, I am not using the debian package for nvidia drivers. I
> > install it directly and so far this has not given me any trouble.
> >
> > Regards,
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