Bug#362431: xorg: missing modules

[Joshua Kite <joshuamkite@yahoo.co.uk>]

Dear Jerome

Thank you for that, I didn't really see how having the nvidia driver present mattered when I had the system set to use the (debian, GPL) nv driver  and gdm still couldn't find it to start x. I still say that the package maintainers need to address compatibility problems with /etc/X11/xorg.conf for xorg 7. Obviously with the move to xorg 7, drivers aren't really 'bundled' any more although I do have the debian vesa, fb, dummy and nv drivers installed as backup.

All will be pleased to know that I have finally found a solution and am back to a fully accelerated x environment. I regret that I forget the exact Ubuntu thread I came across but in essence:

remove all debian 'nvidia' and 'glx' packages installed with apt-get.
ctrl-alt-f1 (to switch to console)
/etc/init.d/gdm stop (to stop xserver)
sh nvidia-official-installer --uninstall (to install official proprietary driver distributed by nvidia)
sh nvidia-official-installer (to install official nvidia distributed driver)
/etc/init.d/gdm restart (to restart xserver with gdm)

Thanks to everyone who helped

Joshua

Jerome Alet wrote:

On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 06:50:39PM +0100, Joshua Kite wrote:

  

unnecessarily abrasive. I don't really understand what you mean by 
saying that it's not working BECAUSE I have been trying to use the 
Nvidia driver. I know that in the past, Debian did not support the 
nvidia binary drivers and I can well understand this, since they have no 
'control' over them. 
    

It is important to mention that the problem we encountered has NOTHING
o do with the NVidia driver, proprietary or not.

My laptop uses the free ATI driver which comes bundled with the default X 
server included in Debian, and I experienced the very same problem.

hth

Jerome Alet