Bug#363306: Recommend or suggest xserver-xorg-dev for nvidia users somehow?
Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.0.14
Severity: wishlist
Upgrade today on unstable broke a few things - fair enough.. purge a
few packages and reinstall.. all nicey nicey now..
What didn't happen until I did some googling was the reinstallation of
nVidia binary driver. It would appear that the nvidia installer installs
the modules to the old place rather than the new place in directory
structure.
Ie.
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
after nVidia binary driver installer successfully completed.
Looking at:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=838113&postcount=6
(based upon a google for ubuntu + error message above, given debian now
seems to be taking ubuntu dir struct etc.)
... and then seeing ..
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-November/011367.html
... and then searching packages.debian.org for xorg-server.pc, I installed
xserver-xorg-dev, and then the nVidia binary installer worked correctly..
I'm thinking this might be beyond a few people, and either nVidia should
include this in their README for Debian users or perhaps shove it in one
of the debian files.
I've put this down as wishlist as I understand it's not STRICTLY a bug
per se (but is a comment on something that previously worked and now
doesn't without some tweaking) - hopefully the fact it's here in
bugs.debian will make it easier for some folks to find "right now"
whilst things are settling (I know this is the first place I tend to
look when things break besides google).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.4+ppscsi
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy
ii x11-common 1:7.0.14 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xbase-clients 1:7.0.0-4 miscellaneous X clients
ii xkb-data 0.8-5 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-5 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-al 1:7.0.14 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-ev 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input-kb 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input-mo 1:1.0.4-2 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-al 1:7.0.14 the X.Org X server -- output drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-ap 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- APM display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ar 1:0.5.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- ark display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-at 1:6.5.7.3-3 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ch 1:1.0.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-ci 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-cy 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-du 1:0.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-fb 1:0.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-gl 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-i1 1:1.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i7 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i8 1:1.5.1.0-2 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
ii xserver-xorg-video-im 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-mg 1:1.2.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display
ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:0.1.4.1-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display
ii xserver-xorg-video-ns 1:2.7.6.5-2 X.Org X server -- NSC display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- NV display drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-re 1:4.0.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 1:1.8.6.5-2 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display
ii xserver-xorg-video-sa 1:2.0.2.3-4 X.Org X server -- Savage display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:1.3.1.5-3 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di
ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.8.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- SiS display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.7.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display
ii xserver-xorg-video-td 1:1.1.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-tg 1:1.0.0.5-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-tr 1:1.0.1.2-2 X.Org X server -- Trident display
ii xserver-xorg-video-ts 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-ve 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-vg 1:4.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- VGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vi 1:0.1.33.2-2 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vm 1:10.11.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VMware display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-vo 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii discover1 1.7.18 hardware identification system
ii laptop-detect 0.12.1 attempt to detect a laptop
ii mdetect 0.5.2.1 mouse device autodetection tool
ii xresprobe 0.4.23debian1 X Resolution Probe
-- debconf information:
xserver-xorg/multiple_possible_x-drivers:
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/use_sync_ranges: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/port: /dev/input/mice
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/lcd: false
xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor: true
* xserver-xorg/config/display/default_depth: 24
* xserver-xorg/config/display/modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/internal:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/zaxismapping: true
* xserver-xorg/config/device/use_fbdev: false
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant:
xserver-xorg/config/nonnumeric_string_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout: us
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/identifier: Generic Monitor
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: true
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse: true
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 28-49
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/range_input_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/write_dri_section: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: pc104
* xserver-xorg/config/device/driver: nvidia
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method: Medium
* xserver-xorg/config/write_files_section: true
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list: 1024x768 @ 60Hz
xserver-xorg/config/doublequote_in_string_error:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm)
* shared/default-x-server: xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2
shared/no_known_x-server:
xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id_error:
xserver-xorg/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 43-72
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_keyboard: false
xserver-xorg/config/fontpath/fontserver:
* xserver-xorg/config/modules: bitmap, dbe, ddc, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, record, type1, v4l, vbe
xserver-xorg/config/device/video_ram:
xserver-xorg/config/device/identifier: Generic Video Card
xserver-xorg/config/null_string_error:
shared/multiple_possible_x-servers:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id: PCI:1:0:0
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: xorg
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