On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Paul Cartwright <a...@pcartwright.com> wrote: > On Fri February 5 2010, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> After much head bashing, I decided to try starting X using 'startx', >> bypassing gdm. My nvidia card is now working splendidly with the >> 195.36.03 beta driver, which I installed using the nvidia installer >> (as that seems to be the easiest way to ensure I have 32-bit >> compatible OpenGL libraries, which Google Earth requires). Maybe I >> should file a bug against gdm for apparent (although not invariable) >> incompatibility with nvidia drivers? > > did you try a different WM, like XFCE, or KDE? or maybe just for grins install > KDM :) > try logging into a different session at bootup, NOT gnome..
It isn't the WM that's the problem - I'm still using GNOME. I might try xdm, though. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
