Hey folks, Bob Proulx wrote:
>Matt Price wrote: > > >>Ms Linuz wrote: >> >> >>>Matt Price wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Ms Linuz wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Look at your /etc/modules and make sure there is 'nvidia' ( without >>>>>quote ) line exists. >>>>>If not, add nvidia in your /etc/modules >>>>> >>>>> > >You should not need to have "nvidia" in /etc/modules. If you do then >something else is broken. > > > >>>You said you've used the 7174 version, afaik the recent version is 7667. >>> >>> > >Referring to the 7667 sounds like pulling bits directly from nVidia >because 7174 is still current in sid. > > > >>>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" >>> >>> > >I have never needed that when using the packages for Debian. > > In any case, the line was already there -- either I added it myself long ago or it was added by some nvidia package along the way... >>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! >>(EE) NVIDIA(0) *** Aborting *** >> >> > >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? > > lspci | grep VGA > > > gives: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3). this is NOT a new card! used to work fine with the 4496 nvidia-kernel package under 2.4.23. >>I can loadthe nvidia module manually using modconf, and no error >>messages are reported >> >> > >Try loading it with modprobe and seeing if there are any errors. > > modprobe nvidia > > > none yet. >If not then what is the output of this: > > cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version > > > >Do you have a really, really, *really* new graphics card that would >not be supported by 7174? > > > definitely not... >Bob > > thnks everyone for the help. no ned to apologize ms linux! matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
