Re: Lenny - xvinfo: No Adaptors present.. No XVideo

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 07:26:08AM EST, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2011-01-15 12:58 +0100, Camaleón wrote:

[..]

It seems loading the GLX module using some part of the nvidia closed
drivers... how is that possible? :-?

Because the nvidia-glx package is installed, even though Chris does
not use it. This is bad because no program that uses OpenGL will be
able to run, but not directly related to the problem.

Good catch..

And there is something more in your log it caught my attention:

***
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset Unknown NVIDIA chip found

Yeah, the nv driver is too old and does not really know the card.
Should not be much of a problem, though.

Just the XVideo stuff, where I'm concerned.

I still don't see why are you so reluctant to "test" the closed
source driver. Just to test, for seeing how it goes and if it solves
nothing then at least you can decide the next step with confidence
:-)

I wonder why Chris bought a laptop with such a powerful card in the
first place if he has no use for it. Intel graphics would have been
cheaper and also cause much less headaches.

Incompetence..? :-)

I needed a new laptop urgently because my 11-year old machine's display
was on its way out, and when I saw a high-end machine from a year ago at
25% of the original price at the lenovo outlet.. with specs that should
prove suitable for hopefully many years to come, I verified other folks
had gotten it to work with GNU/linux. Since the laptop was not built to
order, I was not in a position to make any changes to the configuration.
I wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

And who knows, contrary to the color calibrator, fingerprint reader, and
other options that I have little use for.. I might find some uses to
make up for the dollars this card is going to add to my electricity
bill.

cj



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