Re: Trouble Installing nvidia-graphics-driver on Etch
Hi again,
When I try to start X, I return to console after ~3 seconds of blank screen.
The system itself does not hang.
To answer Tony; the nv driver works great but it seems like the graphicscard
contains some visual error (the image is filled with dots and lines during movies)
so I'm hoping the nvidia driver will fix it.
I didn't know of debians documtation on this. I'll read this today!
Florian: here are the outputs you asked for, plus startx's output:
Thanks for the help guys, cheers Vegard.
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# modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-486/nvidia/nvidia.ko): No s uch device
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# egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
(WW) The NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro GPU installed in this
(WW) system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy drivers.
(WW) Please visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for
(WW) more information. The 1.0-8178 NVIDIA driver will ignore
(WW) this GPU. Continuing probe...
(EE) No devices detected.
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And if its interresting, startx's output:
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debian:~# /etc/init.d/kdm start
Starting K Display Manager: kdm.
debian:~# startx
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.6559
/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requested priority 0
X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Debian 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 20060114230205 David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org>)
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux debian 2.6.15-1-486 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:19:16 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 14 January 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.15-1-486 (Debian 2.6.15-8)
(waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.0.3 20060212 (prerelease) (Debian
4.0.2-9)) #2 Mon Mar 6 15:19:16 UTC 2006 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Apr 4 06:57:40 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
On 04/04/06, Tony Godshall <
togo@of.net> wrote:> ... X won't start when I finish the
> installation and put
> Driver "nvidia"
> instead of
> Driver "nv"
> in the xorg.conf file. At the bottom of this mail is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> file.
>
> What can I do to install the nVidia-driver properly?
...
I haven't read the installation manual you referenced- you
can do it with just the Debian docs.
The nvidia driver requires a non-DSFG binary module
that can't be distributed with Debian. You'll need to
add contrib sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list and
install the nvidia-* packages and read the
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-*/README.Debian* files.
Althernatively you can use the DFSG-free module "nv".
I use the non-free one myself since it was the only way I
could get full width out of my laptop's 1920x1280 display.
Perhaps others can be more helpful.
Best Regards,
Tony
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