On 03/30/2011 04:28 PM, Jason Filippou wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:On 03/30/2011 02:36 PM, Jason Filippou wrote:On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:On 03/30/2011 08:00 AM, Jason Filippou wrote:Hello list, I've been running my testing box's graphics through the NVIDIA proprietary driver, downloaded from their website. However, after recent updates, logging into my debian box is only possible through text mode, no X server is started. Whenever I try to install the downloaded NVIDIA driver (I have 260.xxx and 256.xxxx in my home folder) with superuser rights, I receive a SIGTERM signal right after accepting the license. As a result, I can't run an X server. I also have the package nvidia-kernel-dkms in my system, if that helps in any way. Please CC me as I am not on the list.Why not get them from directly from Debian? (Though you might have to add Experimental to get current drivers.)I have no reason not to get them from Debian directly. How would I go about fetching them from Debian? I have included all repositories in my apt.conf file.Step one: $ apt-cache policy nvidia-glxHere's the output: nvidia-glx: Installed: (none) Candidate: 260.19.44-1 Version table: 270.30-1 0 500 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free i386 Packages 260.19.44-1 0 700 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free i386 Packages 600 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages 195.36.31-7 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 195.36.31-6 0 650 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable/non-free i386 Packages
Then it's as simple as: # apt-get -t testing install nvidia-glx -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749