Re: graphics driver issues
On Friday 24 August 2007 19:48:31 sworoc wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a college student and am taking a graphics course this fall. I
> recently built a PC with an AMD64 CPU and a GeForce 6150 on board
> graphics card. I seem to be having trouble getting it to use the
> nvidia module, but I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. I installed it
> using the module assistant method, and I believe that I have things
> set up correctly.
>
> output:
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> puckett:~# uname -a
> Linux puckett 2.6.21-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 10 21:39:38 UTC 2007 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> puckett:~# lsmod | grep nvidia
> nvidia 5434580 0
> i2c_core 28288 4 nvidia,it87,i2c_isa,i2c_nforce2
> puckett:~# apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-glx
> nvidia-kernel-2.6.21-2-amd64
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> nvidia-kernel-common is already the newest version.
> nvidia-glx is already the newest version.
> nvidia-kernel-2.6.21-2-amd64 is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> it appears that the nvidia module is running from the output above,
> but when I attempt to start X, I get the following:
>
> ********************************************
> xauth: creating new authority file /home/dustin/.serverauth.18757
>
>
> X Window System Version 1.3.0
> Release Date: 19 April 2007
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
> Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2: 1.3.0.0.dfsg-12)
> Current Operating System: Linux puckett 2.6.21-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 10
> 21:39:38 UTC 2007 x86_64
> Build Date: 09 August 2007
> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org <http://wiki.x.org>
> to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> 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 Aug 21 22:12:10 2007
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (II) Module already built-in
> (II) Module already built-in
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available.
<snip irrelavent portions of xorg.conf>
> Section "Module"
> Load "i2c"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "nvidia"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
I'm not an expert, but to me it looks like your problem is with the tabbed
line above: Load "nvidia" should not be in this section. Try removing that
and see what happens.
<snip additonal irrelavent portions of xorg.conf>
Joe
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