On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 18:44:30 +0100, ieb wrote: >Hello folks, [..] >I have rebuilt the 2.6.18-4-amd64 with the NVIDIA components, have >installed the nvidia-glx module, but whenever I let the >etc/X11/xorg.conf build with the nvidia configuration tool it builds >the 'conf' with a declaration for the driver to be nvidia, ...but ... X >wont start then, ... warns me that there is no device for NVIDIA 00:1:3 >(and/or if I manually change it to include 00:1:3) 00:13:0, and finally >stops with a grumble about the kernel kicking out an error 11. BUT, >... if I change xorg.conf to use the driver nv (rather than nvidia) X >(gdm) will start, does have the higher resolution set (1600x1200), but >has a significant 'pink' colour cast. I can't find a configuration tool >for the nvidia settings (such as Gamma etc). > >Question please... should the driver be 'nvidia' or 'nv', (if 'nvidia' >- any suggestions as to what I am missing?) ... if it's should be >'nv' in any event .. then can someone help me find the settings for >this to get the colours to be accurately displayed? It depends. IIRC 'nv' is the open source driver that comes with Xorg and 'nvidia' is the proprietary driver. Which one you use depends on what you want out of your card I suppose. Also note that there are two versions of the proprietary driver available in Debian (at least in Sid); the package names for the older one end with -legacy. On top of this there's a new version of the driver out, but it doesn't seem to have hit Sid yet AFAIU it removes support for some older cards. Sorry I can't help you out more than this... /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus.therning@gmail.com http://therning.org/magnus
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