Re: Ctrl+alt+Fn not showing consoles

[rudu <rudu@cegetel.net>]

Le 26/04/2010 20:55, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit :
> rudu wrote:
> > Le 26/04/2010 19:43, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit :
> > > rudu wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Running squeeze on AMD64 arch, my system recently stopped to let me
> > > > get my consoles after I hit the ctrl+alt+Fn keys (n = 1 to 6).
> > >
> > > When did it stop?
> >
> > I can't be sure but that may coincide with that kernel*-trunk thing, 
> > when I had to go back to the nv driver as I couldn't get the 
> > proprietary Nvidia driver to compile with my new kernel.
> > FWIW, a few more details :
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux birdynam 2.6.32-3-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 24 18:07:42 UTC 2010 
> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > $ lspci | grep VGA
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 
> > 9400 GT] (rev a1)
>
> So are you still running nv? 
Yes

> and what was the driver that wouldn't compile?
> I run x86-195.36.15 on the latest Sid kernel and it compiles just 
> fine, but I don't (yet) have a AMD64 system.

Excerpt from /var/log/nvidia-installer.log :
> Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
> WARNING: Skipping the runlevel check (the utility `runlevel` failed to 
> run).
> -> License accepted.
> -> Installing NVIDIA driver version 195.36.15.
> -> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
> -> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
> -> The CC version check failed:
>
>    The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 4.3) does not exactly 
> match the
>    current compiler (gcc 4.4).  The Linux 2.6 kernel module loader 
> rejects kern
>    el modules built with a version of gcc that does not exactly match 
> that of t
>    he compiler used to build the running kernel.
>
>    If you know what you are doing and want to ignore the gcc version 
> check, sel
>    ect "No" to continue installation.  Otherwise, select "Yes" to 
> abort install
>    ation, set the CC environment variable to the name of the compiler 
> used to c
>    ompile your kernel, and restart installation.  Abort now? (Answer: Yes)
> ERROR: Installation has failed.  Please see the file
>        '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.  You may find 
> suggestions
>        on fixing installation problems in the README available on the 
> Linux
>        driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

Thanks Hugo.