Re: Re: nvidia driver "disappeared"
> > First of course be sure that /lib/modules/2.6.9/nvidia/nvidia.ko
exists.
> > That's still the standard location for that driver, AFAIK.
>
> Yes, it's there.
>
> > Run lsmod | grep nvidia. Is the nvidia module already loaded? If not,
> > then modprobe nvidia. What's the result? Now can X start?
>
> lsmod shows no modules loaded.
> modprobe nvidia generates no errors, and a subsequent lsmod show nvidia to be
> loaded. However, X still won't start (with the nvidia driver, that is; the
> nv driver works OK).
>
> > The solution may be as simple
> > as mentioning nvidia in /etc/modules, to force it to be loaded
> > automatically at boot.
> I am by no means an expert on the workings of XFree86, but my understanding it
> that the nvidia driver consists of both a kernel object file (nvidia.ko) as
> well as a user-space object file, and I think the latter is the problem
> here.
Right-- you need to install the nvidia-glx package too. If that doesn't
solve your problem, then maybe the HOWTO at
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html will help.
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