On 9/29/07, Francisco M Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/29/07, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > OK, I'll try it again...OK, m-a a-i got and built the nvidia kernel > > module.... > > Good! =) Actually, the upgrade to get the nvidia drivers went better than expected. In sum, I got the nvidia-kernel-source package from sid, which brought in a few kernel-related and other building related packages, and then I tried substituting "nvidia" for "nv" in the xorg.conf file. This did not work, since I was using 2.6.21-k7 kernel from Etch, and because it couldn't load the module because of the paravirt ops thing. So I rebooted into sid's kernel (2.6.22-2-k7) and tried to start X again. This time if failed because the module couldn't be found. No duh, because of course, I had compiled nvidia-kernel-source for 2.6.21 and not 2.6.22-2. So OK, I go and rerun m-a a-i nvidia, build it, and then finally I am able to startx again and the nvidia splash screen comes up just like it should :). Oh joy.. and 3d direct rendering works again! sweet! :) compiz may be really really old because it starts out but it froze the whole x session within a minute or so (i just saw a little wobbly in my windows!) and I had to reboot the computer :(. > Francisco > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
