Le dimanche 27 mai 2007 06:34, Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel a écrit : > Wackojacko wrote: > > I would purge the non legacy nvidia packages (marked rc) and then try to > > upgrade the nvidia-glx-legacy package as the version is slightly > > different to the module package (-3 versus +6). > > Makes a lot of sense. I cleaned out everything, until 'dpkg -l' did show no > more 'nvidia', rebooted, and followed the detailed description in > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > Thanks to the maintainer ! A great description ! > Now I have the self-compiled nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.18-4-k7 on the same > level as the nvidia-glx-legacy from m-a update - m-a prepare - m-a > auto-install nvidia-kernel-legacy-source. (The different versions were a > result from the difference in the repository, not on my side.) Then I did > apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy. > Alas, the same result of a fatal server crash. Last resort: I ran Xorg with > the XF86Config with which Sarge had been working properly, and hit the same > snag. > > Now I have only one thing left to do: consider this a bug; a show-stopper > for me, since I use the box to get movies on the TV-output for viewing on > the TV in the living room. I also removed the GLcore and speedo from the > xorg.conf, so the problem remains, while nvidia and glx are loaded properly > (see attachment), before everything dies. (No, there is no change of > hardware compared to Sarge, on which everything was okay; only the update > to Etch.) > > As an aside: I tried the nvidia-legacy-check.sh, and it says my card is > supported by current. I have some doubts here, since NVIDIA says > differently. The card is GeForce 4 MX420. > > Uwe > > Please Cc: to me; the list is too busy for my newsreader
Did you already use nvidia-installer on that machine? If not, please report on #423592.
