On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 09:26:42AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 06:18:03PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Guessing that my problems probably resulted from a faulty upgrade (and > > there was plenty of that in the xorg6.9->7.0 transition), my next step > > would seem to be to purge *all* nvidia-specific packages, remove their > > .debs from apt-cache, reconstruct the locate database, look for any > > remaining files with a reasonable facsimile of "nvidia" in their names > > and delete them, look for any stray files not part of any package and > > delete any that look suspicious, and then begin to install the stuff > > again from scratch, downloading .debs, compiling kernel modules, etc. > > I have now purged every package that contains 'nvidia' as part of its > name, and cleared the apt-cache so that if I ever start installing such > packages I can be sure of getting a fresh download. > > But I still find nvidia-related files: > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia > /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko > /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia > /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko > > These should have vanished when I purged > nvidia-kernel-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic and the corresponding package for > 2.6.15, shouldn't they have? > > Can I delete them? I am desperately trying to clean everything out > before I start a reinstall. > > The nvidia-kernel-2.6.15... package has disappeared from aptitude's list > of packages, by the way, but nvidia-kernel-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic is > still in the list, marked 'p S' as purged but (I presume) from a > suspicious source. > > > There;s also a lot of nvidia stuff in /usr/src/linus-headers... > > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic/include/config/fb/nvidia > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic/include/config/fb/nvidia/i2c.h > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-amd64-generic/include/config/fb/nvidia/module.h > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/drivers/video/nvidia > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1/drivers/video/nvidia/Makefile > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/include/config/fb/nvidia > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/include/config/fb/nvidia/i2c.h > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/include/config/fb/nvidia/module.h > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1/drivers/video/nvidia > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1/drivers/video/nvidia/Makefile > > and a huge file tree under /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel > > Can I just delete all this /usr/src stuff?
Well, I did, and the system still boots. Now, when it tries to start X it complains that there isn't any nvidia driver, rather than that the avaliable driver has an inconsistent version. Now is the time to start installing again. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
