Re: 2.6.11 upgradde #1: nvidia drivers don't work?
From: steef (steefvanduin_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 09/13/05
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:13:38 +0200 To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Bob Proulx wrote:
>Matt Price wrote:
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>>Ms Linuz wrote:
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>>>Matt Price wrote:
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>>>>Ms Linuz wrote:
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>>>>>Look at your /etc/modules and make sure there is 'nvidia' ( without
>>>>>quote ) line exists.
>>>>>If not, add nvidia in your /etc/modules
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>You should not need to have "nvidia" in /etc/modules. If you do then
>something else is broken.
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>>>>in any case the nv driver works fine for now...
>>>>
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>The triumph of free software.
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>>>>matt
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>>>You said you've used the 7174 version, afaik the recent version is 7667.
>>>
>>>
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>Referring to the 7667 sounds like pulling bits directly from nVidia
>because 7174 is still current in sid.
>
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>>>If you don't mind you could use it and see the result.
>>>Make sure changing X conf file following the doc, make sure you have
>>>nvidia in your /etc/modules, and have this line on
>>>/etc/udev/permissions.rules
>>>
>>>SUBSYSTEM=="nvidia", GROUP="video", MODE="0666"
>>>
>>>
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>I have never needed that when using the packages for Debian.
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>>>of course uninstall the previous version first, nvidia-installer --uninstall
>>>
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>>hmm, I don't have nvidia-installer on my system and
>>apt-cache search nvidia-installer
>>gives nothing...
>>
>>
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>The "nvidia-installer" refers the to script nVidia supplies to install
>their drivers. The package manager camp says not to use it because it
>splats files onto your system that the package manager does not know
>about.
>
>
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>>-- but I haven't really set up udev yet, that's sort of next on my list
>>-- should I do some in depth udev exploration before I continueo n the
>>nvidia quest?
>>
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>You do not need udev to run the nvidia driver. But it is nice for its
>own reasons. But I would root cause and solve one problem at a time.
>
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>>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>(EE) NVIDIA(0) *** Aborting ***
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>And of course it would be nice if it said why it did not load the
>nvidia driver. That is the problem to deduce right now.
>
>What is the output of lspci?
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> lspci | grep VGA
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>
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>>I can loadthe nvidia module manually using modconf, and no error
>>messages are reported
>>
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>Try loading it with modprobe and seeing if there are any errors.
>
> modprobe nvidia
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>If not then what is the output of this:
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> cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
>
>Do you have a really, really, *really* new graphics card that would
>not be supported by 7174?
>
>Bob
>
>
.........if you feel you reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaally need the
*nvidia*-nvidia-driver and not the *debian*-nvidia-driver: go down to
the nvidiasite and download - beside the driver - the <READme-text> with
a clear *how-to* explanation.
indeed: after installing this driver/module in the 2.6.x.xxx ! kernel
you need to change as *root*
in /etc/X11/..etc.. 'nv' into 'nvidia' and you *must* deactivate in
the same file the 'dri' and 'GLcore' modules. and: activiate the 'glx'
module.
forget mother's little module_install_helper. you do not need this
package for the non-free nvidia-driver. follow the instructiona in the
readme-file after download from the nvidia-site.
i did this last week 'for fun' and the nonfree_driver is still working
fine and giving some more depth to video_movies I play with mplayer
(compiled; included --enable-gui and --disable-rtc)
good luck,
steef
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