Re: Upgraded from Squeeze to unstable - NVIDIA
Csanyi Pal <csanyipal@gmail.com> writes:
> "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de> writes:
>
>> Am Montag, 26. September 2011 schrieb Csanyi Pal:
>>> Brad Alexander <storm16@gmail.com> writes:
>>> > I believe to install the nvidia driver the Debian way, you need to
>>> > enable the non-free repositories then install
>>> >
>>> > glx-alternative-nvidia
>>> > libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
>>> > libgl1-nvidia-glx
>>> > libglx-nvidia-alternatives
>>> > nvidia-alternative
>>>
>>> Already installed.
>>>
>>> > nvidia-common
>>>
>>> Have not in the repository (main contrib non-free).
>>>
>>> > nvidia-glx
>>> > nvidia-installer-cleanup
>>> > nvidia-kernel-common
>>> > nvidia-kernel-dkms
>>> > nvidia-settings
>>> > nvidia-support
>>> > nvidia-vdpau-driver
>>> > xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
>>>
>>> Already installed.
>>>
>>> Still haven't X Window yet.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to run nvidia-settings but get error message:
>>> ERROR: The control display is undefined; please run `nvidia-settings
>>> --help` for usage information.
>>>
>>> Don't know what to do further to get X Window?
>>
>> Try the command "m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source", that should build the
>> kernel.
>> You must have the correct environment available. Just call m-a, then
>> in the menu go through the points like Overview and Update. Make sure,
>> all necessary kernel-headers are installed.
>
> Yes, I'm sure about the right kernel-headers.
> I did Update in m-a.
>
>> Then you can try the already mentioned m-a a-i
>> nvidia-kernel-source. If something was missing (like the kernel
>> headers), then nvidia-kernel-dkms will be built during the download
>> and installation of the headers.
>
> I did 'm-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source'.
>
>> Make sure, everything as above is installed. If it still doesn't work,
>> feel free to ask again.
>
> Now when I run startx to try it out I get messages:
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> xinit: connection to X server lost
>
> waiting for X server to shut down Server terminated successfully
> (0). Closing log file.
>
> I have Xlog here> http://paste.debian.net/132475/
>
> What can be here the problem?
After I reboot the system, X Window just works! Thank's for everyone
for help!
--
Regards, Pal
<http://cspl.me>
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