I'm having trouble getting my nvidia card working on kernel vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic. It works fine with vmlinuz-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic.
Both kernels are stock Debian kernels, installed from Debian etch mirrors, or from Len Sorenson's installation CD. 2.6.15-1 was definitely from the Debian mirrors. According to aptitude, used interactively, I have installed the following modules contining the word 'nvidia': nvidia-glx 1.0.8762-2 nvidia-glx-dev 1.0.8762-2 nvidia-kernel-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic 1.0.8762-2 nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.8762 nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1 nvidia-xconfig 1.0+200511 nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic 1.0.8762-2 And the virtual packages nvidia-kernel-1.0.8756 and nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 are both highlighted. (what does this mean? Is it a clue?) (note: interactive aptitude may have truncated some version numbers to 10 characters. I wish it didn't, or at least, that when I make the screen wider, it would stop truncating rather than give me more white space. But that's another problem) The problem I am havind appears to be version skew. When booting, X fails to start, leavain the following in /var/log/messages Jun 14 08:33:38 april kernel: NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 1.0-8762, but Jun 14 08:33:38 april kernel: NVRM: this kernel module has the version 1.0-8756. Please Jun 14 08:33:38 april kernel: NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver Jun 14 08:33:38 april kernel: NVRM: components have the same version. leading to the following in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details. (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac" (II) UnloadModule: "fb" (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found As far as I know, I have *nothing* left from version 8756. Except for that one virtual package, which is bold-faced for no obvious reason, but whose dependencies are all marked purged. Where do I start to look for the 8756 stuff that it finds but I can't? Or is this a spurious error message and is something else to blame? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
