Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]
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On 01/24/08 16:18, Jimmy Wu wrote:
> On Jan 24, 2008 5:06 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon@damtek.com> wrote:
>>> I tried that, and got the black unresponsive screen again. I guess
>>> that rules out gdm?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>> Yes it does. Now in single user mode run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>> (or xfree-x86?? I use unstable and I don't know what stable uses, but I
>> think it is xorg). Instead of driver nvidia, choose nv.
>>
>> If this does not re-write your config file, then manually edit
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look for "nvidia" and replace it with "nv".
>> Test. This will tell us if you have an issue with nvidia or not.
>
> Etch uses xorg.
> Actually, nv was what the installer picked by default and that didn't
> work for me (I was surprised by that, but maybe stable uses an older
> version of nv or something). Anyways, vesa worked, and it still does
> now, so that's what I'm using. It's nvidia that doesn't work.
>
What does /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so look like?
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