Re: Getting Xorg to use nvidia driver now that "devices" section gone in Sid
- From: "Damon L. Chesser" <damon@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:32:29 -0400
On Thursday 26 June 2008 11:26:53 pm David Bruce wrote:
Hello,
I have installed both nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-source(using
module-assistant for the latter to build and install the driver). In
the past, at this point I would just use "dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg" to select "nvidia" instead of "nv". Now, it appears
that the driver is supposed to be autodetected. There is no longer a
"devices" section in my Xorg.conf.
How can I be sure the "nvidia" driver is really installed, and how can
I get Xorg to use it?
If I uninstall both xserver-xorg-video-nv and xserver-xorg-video-vesa,
X won't start.
Below is some output from aptitude showing that I have the two
packages installed:
dbruce@PenguinMaster:~$ sudo aptitude show nvidia-glx
Package: nvidia-glx
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 173.14.09-2
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/x11
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
<pkg-nvidia-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Uncompressed Size: 25.8M
Depends: nvidia-kernel-173.14.09, x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0), libc6 (>=
2.7-1), libx11-6, libxext6, xlibmesa-gl | libgl1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: nvidia-settings, nvidia-kernel-source (>= 173.14.09)
dbruce@PenguinMaster:~$ sudo aptitude show nvidia-kernel-source
[sudo] password for dbruce:
Package: nvidia-kernel-source
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 173.14.09-2
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/x11
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
<pkg-nvidia-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Uncompressed Size: 5026k
Depends: debhelper (> 4.0.0), make, sed (> 3.0), dpatch (>= 2.0.0)
Recommends: nvidia-glx (>= 173.14.09), kernel-package (>= 8.082),
devscripts
And here is the tail end of the Xorg.0.log with nv and vesa
uninstalled, when X won't start:
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 173.14.09 Thu Jun 5 00:05:57 PDT 2008
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(==) Matched vesa for the autoconfigured driver
(==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
(II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Thanks for any suggestions.
David Bruce
See these two links:
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12
and here is some of my xorg.conf (running dual monitors, one display w/nvidia)
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL SE198WFP"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1440x900 +0+0, CRT-1: 1440x900
+1440+0;1440x900"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
As you can see, you can still add all the "fun" stuff. The above file was
made with nvidia-settings.
--
Damon L. Chesser
damon@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
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