Re: graphics driver issues
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 01:31:49PM -0500, sworoc wrote:
> On 8/24/07, Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
> > 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.
Read
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.Debian and
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.txt.gz
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Regards, Paul Csanyi
http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm
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