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Bug#370074: marked as done (xserver-xorg: Changed ModulePath breaks 3rd-party installers, e.g. NVIDIA video driver)

Your message dated Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:43:55 -0400
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and subject line Bug#370074: xserver-xorg: Changed ModulePath breaks 3rd-party installers, e.g. NVIDIA video driver
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.0.20
Severity: important


Those of us with an NVidia GeForce 6100 (motherboard graphics) have to 
use a binary-only driver supplied by nVidia. The installer puts modules 
in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules, and until this morning that worked fine. 
However, my latest apt-get dist-upgrade left me without an X server, 
because the default module path has changed to /usr/lib/xorg/modules.

I can see the attraction of the new convention, but there is no need to 
break compatibility with 3rd-party software. I eventually found that 
adding the following lines to the "Files" section of my 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file fixed the problem:

    # Path on which the NVIDIA drivers install themselves.
    ModulePath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    # Debian default module path.
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

The order is important: the NVidia-supplied "libglx" module must be used 
in place of the one which comes with the X server.

Obviously the ideal solution would be for NVidia (and others?) to 
release their driver under a licence that allows it to be packaged by 
Debian, but pragmatically that's not going to happen, so I suggest a fix 
along the above lines might be a good idea.

	Alistair

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii  debconf               1.5.1              Debian configuration management sy
ii  x11-common            1:7.0.20           X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  xbase-clients         1:7.0.1-2          miscellaneous X clients
ii  xkb-data              0.8-5              X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  xserver-xorg-core     1:1.0.2-8          X.Org X server -- core server
ii  xserver-xorg-input-al 1:7.0.20           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 1:1.0.4-3          X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii  xserver-xorg-video-al 1:7.0.20           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 1:6.5.8.0-1        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 1:1.0.1.3-3        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-v4 0.0.1.5-1          X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di
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 1:0.1.33.2-3       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
pn  mdetect                       <none>     (no description available)
pn  xresprobe                     <none>     (no description available)

-- 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/config/doublequote_in_string_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/screen-size: 17 inches (430 mm)
* shared/default-x-server: xserver-xorg
  xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/protocol: ImPS/2
* shared/no_known_x-server:
* xserver-xorg/config/display/default_depth:
* xserver-xorg/config/display/modes: 1920x1440, 1792x1344, 1600x1200, 1280x960, 1152x864, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
  xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id_error:
  xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/internal:
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/vert-refresh: 50-160
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options:
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_keyboard: false
* xserver-xorg/config/device/use_fbdev: false
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant:
  xserver-xorg/config/nonnumeric_string_error:
  xserver-xorg/config/fontpath/fontserver:
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout: gb
* xserver-xorg/config/modules: bitmap, dbe, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, record, type1, v4l, vbe
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/identifier: Generic Monitor
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/mouse/emulate3buttons: false
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_mouse: false
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/horiz-sync: 30-70
* xserver-xorg/config/device/video_ram: 65536
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/range_input_error:
* xserver-xorg/config/write_dri_section: true
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model: pc101
* xserver-xorg/config/device/driver: nvidia
* xserver-xorg/config/device/identifier: NVIDIA GeForce 6100
* xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method: Simple
  xserver-xorg/config/null_string_error:
  shared/multiple_possible_x-servers:
* xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id: PCI:0:5:0
* xserver-xorg/config/write_files_section: true
* xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card: false
  xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list: 1920x1440 @ 60Hz
* xserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules: xorg

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 07:26:24AM +0100, Alistair Turnbull wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.0.20
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> Those of us with an NVidia GeForce 6100 (motherboard graphics) have to 
> use a binary-only driver supplied by nVidia. The installer puts modules 
> in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules, and until this morning that worked fine. 
> However, my latest apt-get dist-upgrade left me without an X server, 
> because the default module path has changed to /usr/lib/xorg/modules.
> 
> I can see the attraction of the new convention, but there is no need to 
> break compatibility with 3rd-party software. I eventually found that 
> adding the following lines to the "Files" section of my 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file fixed the problem:

There is indeed a need to break 3rd party software. The Xorg you are using
is X11R7, not X11R6. As such, /usr/X11R6/* is now obsolete and those third
party driver installers need to be updated. Furthermore, X11R7 complies
with the FHS, which is widely considered to be a good thing. If nvidia does
not supply a correct installer for your system, talk to them. I'm closing
this bug.

 - David Nusinow

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