Re: Reinstall nouveau driver
On Fri, 31 May 2013 12:59:49 -0700
Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> wrote:
> Alan Ianson <agianson@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 31 May 2013 11:13:52 -0700
> > Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> After upgrading to Wheezy, I attempted to install an nvidia driver.
> >> It didn't work (X didn't come up). I managed to revert to using
> >> the nouveau driver, by removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, which mostly
> >> works. However, I'm having an issue rendering some 3D stuff that
> >> used to work before the upgrade (I'm pretty sure I was using the
> >> nouveau driver with Squeeze). Do I need to reinstall/reconfigure
> >> the nouveau driver? What is the proper way to do so?
> >
> > Did you use nvidia-xconfig to create your xorg.conf? The debian
> > packaged nvidia driver works well for me.
>
> When I first upgraded to Wheezy, I believe that is what I did (used
> nvidia-xconfig to create xorg.conf) and was unable to start X. This
> time, after installing an nvidia driver using
>
> sudo aptitude -s install nvidia-kernel-dkms install
> linux-headers-amd64
>
> I manually created /etc/xorg.conf.d using the directions at
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers.
>
> All went well. After a reboot, X started, the 3D stuff is working,
> scrolling in chrome is a lot faster. Fonts have changed slightly, it
> seems. I wouldn't say for the better but I'll adapt soon enough.
My desktop looks like it always has. Maybe you can adjust the
anti-aliasing or hinting of fonts on your desktop.
> Only thing I've noticed that is obviously worse is that the virtual
> terminal font is now big and ugly. I recall that the same occured
> when I previously tried an nvidia driver in Squeeze.
When using the nvidia driver I have always used vga=794 on my kernel
command line and I get good response time. I have tried the new
"gfxmode=" way of doing it but I find I have slow a terminal then. I do
need to experiment more with that though.
I also run "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" and choose the "vga" font
which is what the kernel used to use by default IINM. I'm not sure why
the default font was changed but i think it supports more languages now
so the vga font may not work for everyone.
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