Re: Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI
On 13/06/2015, Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/06/2015, Matthijs Wensveen <matthijs.wensveen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11-6-2015 7:13, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> On 11/06/2015, Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 06/10/2015 03:45 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
>>>>> On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <nick@ncktsp.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Oops, forgot to cc in the mailing list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/10/2015 09:19 PM, Nick T. wrote:
>>>>>>> Install build-essential it should contain all the packages necessary
>>>>>>> to install the driver.
>>>>>>> Also you might want to install dkms if you don't want to reinstall
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> driver after every kernel update.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Nick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for that.
>>>>>
>>>>> The driver installation appears to have subsequently succeeded.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, after rebooting, the system still does not see the external
>>>>> monitor (using System -> Preferences -> Monitors), and
>>>> I don't think that will work. Try using nvidia-settings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> As I had said, xwindows now no longer works on the system.
>>>
>>> What do I need to do, at the command line level, to get xwindows
>>> operable on the system?
>>>
>>> In the circumstances, it appears to be a congiuration or settings issue.
>>>
>>> Or, despite the information on the nvidia web site, perhaps the driver
>>> simply does not work with Debian 6.
>>>
>>> I note that the gcc version issues showed that the gcc version
>>> applicable to the driver, appeared to be an earlier version (4.3, I
>>> think) than the installed version when I installed gcc (4.4, I think)
>>> (but the discrepancy appeared to have been overcome in the procedure
>>> that I followed), indicating (I believe) that Debian 6 should not be a
>>> version to early for thenvidia driver.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It might be that you need to generate an Xorg.conf file from scratch.
>> Make sure to backup any existing configuration file first
>> (/etc/X11/xorg.conf). You can generate one using the nvidia-xconfig
>> package: https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Configuration
>> - Matthijs
>>
>>
>
> Hello.
>
> As previously mentioned, that wiki web page refers to only Debian 7
> and 8, and not to Debian 6, which is the applicable version.
>
> I will reboot into Debian 6 (I am currently in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which
> allows use of the external monitor, and which provided installation of
> an earlier (v3.3) nvidia driver), and see what I can find in the
> specified path.
>
>
Okay.
In running ls on /etc/X11/ , a file xorg.conf was listed, as was a file named
xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original
The latter file showed no content, in running cat on it.
The former file had content;
"
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 346.72
(buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-19) Tue May 5 18:19:38 PDT
2015
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
"
In thinking about it, as the creation of that file, had rendered
xwindows inoperable, I renamed the file, with an extra extension, and
rebooted.
So, I now have xwindows operating again, on Debian 6, on this
computer, but, the only way that I can get the external monitor to
work, is by running one of the two Ubuntu installations; 12.04 or
14.04. Unfortunately, they both involve GNOME3, and what I think of
GNOME3, is not polite.
So, I still can not get the external monitor to run, with Debian 6 or
7, on this computer, with its nvidia GEForce GT750M device.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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