Re: nvidia dies hard after upgrade Sarge-Etch
Le dimanche 27 mai 2007 06:34, Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel a écrit :
> Wackojacko wrote:
> > I would purge the non legacy nvidia packages (marked rc) and then try to
> > upgrade the nvidia-glx-legacy package as the version is slightly
> > different to the module package (-3 versus +6).
>
> Makes a lot of sense. I cleaned out everything, until 'dpkg -l' did show no
> more 'nvidia', rebooted, and followed the detailed description in
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
> Thanks to the maintainer ! A great description !
> Now I have the self-compiled nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.18-4-k7 on the same
> level as the nvidia-glx-legacy from m-a update - m-a prepare - m-a
> auto-install nvidia-kernel-legacy-source. (The different versions were a
> result from the difference in the repository, not on my side.) Then I did
> apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy.
> Alas, the same result of a fatal server crash. Last resort: I ran Xorg with
> the XF86Config with which Sarge had been working properly, and hit the same
> snag.
>
> Now I have only one thing left to do: consider this a bug; a show-stopper
> for me, since I use the box to get movies on the TV-output for viewing on
> the TV in the living room. I also removed the GLcore and speedo from the
> xorg.conf, so the problem remains, while nvidia and glx are loaded properly
> (see attachment), before everything dies. (No, there is no change of
> hardware compared to Sarge, on which everything was okay; only the update
> to Etch.)
>
> As an aside: I tried the nvidia-legacy-check.sh, and it says my card is
> supported by current. I have some doubts here, since NVIDIA says
> differently. The card is GeForce 4 MX420.
>
> Uwe
>
> Please Cc: to me; the list is too busy for my newsreader
Did you already use nvidia-installer on that machine? If not, please report on
#423592.
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