On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 03:54:49 +0800 Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. If it works under Ubuntu, have you considered copying the (working) xorg.conf file from there and trying it in your Debian installation? Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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