Re: SIGTERM received when installing Nvidia driver
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.)
>>>
>>> --
>>> "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
>>>
>> 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-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
>
>
Here'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
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