I just upgraded to lenny without any problems, except for one: I'm using the
vesa xorg driver, because using the free nv driver causes the display to
freeze after a few minutes of use (I can move the mouse, but I can't even
switch to a virtual console). I was using the non-free nvidia driver before
the upgrade, but after upgrading, X wouldn't start until after I ran...
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
...and added the following lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf...
...(before I added that subsection, my monitor gave the "out of range" message
when X started).
I want to be able to use the free nv driver (without problems) before I even
try to get the non-free dirver working. I'm really stumped here; can anyone
help? (By the way, this is the first time I've upgraded a Debian system.)
Thanks,
Aidan
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03-15-2009, 07:37 AM
Steven Demetrius
nvidia problems after upgrade
Hello,
I just upgraded to lenny without any problems, except for one: I'm
using the vesa xorg driver, because using the free nv driver causes the
display to freeze after a few minutes of use (I can move the mouse, but
I can't even switch to a virtual console). I was using the non-free
nvidia driver before the upgrade, but after upgrading, X wouldn't start
until after I ran...
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
...and added the following lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf...
...(before I added that subsection, my monitor gave the "out of range"
message when X started).
I want to be able to use the free nv driver (without problems) before I
even try to get the non-free dirver working. I'm really stumped here;
can anyone help? (By the way, this is the first time I've upgraded a
Debian system.)
Thanks,
Aidan
Please list the full contents of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the
kernel version you are using.
You can also get xorg to generate a xorg.conf file for you. Try this
first. As root use the following command.
# Xorg -configure
It will create a xorg.conf file in the current directory. Now you can
test Xwindow with this config file.
# Xorg -config ./xorg.conf
See "man Xorg", for more information.
If you want to use the non-free driver you will need to either download
the driver for your kernel version if its available or compile it.
Steven.
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03-15-2009, 12:17 PM
Jimmy Johnson
nvidia problems after upgrade
Aidan Gauland wrote:
Hello,
I just upgraded to lenny without any problems, except for one: I'm
using the vesa xorg driver, because using the free nv driver causes the
display to freeze after a few minutes of use (I can move the mouse, but
I can't even switch to a virtual console). I was using the non-free
nvidia driver before the upgrade, but after upgrading, X wouldn't start
until after I ran...
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
...and added the following lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf...
...(before I added that subsection, my monitor gave the "out of range"
message when X started).
I want to be able to use the free nv driver (without problems) before I
even try to get the non-free dirver working. I'm really stumped here;
can anyone help? (By the way, this is the first time I've upgraded a
Debian system.)
Thanks,
Aidan
You may want to try the "Smxi" script, it will let you choose what
driver you want to use: www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Smxi so far it's
worked for me on Lenny, Squeeze and Sid for both ATI & nVidia. I did get
a report that it did not work for a Voodoo Graphics card though.
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03-17-2009, 03:46 AM
Aidan Gauland
nvidia problems after upgrade
Steven Demetrius wrote:
Please list the full contents of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the
kernel version you are using.
Ok, I've attached my xorg.conf file to this message, and my kernel version is
2.6.26-1-686 (as reported by "uname -r").
You can also get xorg to generate a xorg.conf file for you. Try this
first. As root use the following command.
# Xorg -configure
It will create a xorg.conf file in the current directory. Now you can
test Xwindow with this config file.
# Xorg -config ./xorg.conf
See "man Xorg", for more information.
I didn't try this, because X seems to detect the free nv driver when the
package for it is installed, but, as I said before, freezes the system after a
few minutes of use.
If you want to use the non-free driver you will need to either download
the driver for your kernel version if its available or compile it.
I know. I was using it before I upgraded. And the free nv driver was working
also before I upgraded.
Thanks,
Aidan
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