On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 07:26:08AM EST, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-15 12:58 +0100, Camaleón wrote:
[..] > > It seems loading the GLX module using some part of the nvidia closed > > drivers... how is that possible? :-? > > Because the nvidia-glx package is installed, even though Chris does > not use it. This is bad because no program that uses OpenGL will be > able to run, but not directly related to the problem. Good catch.. > > And there is something more in your log it caught my attention: > > > > *** > > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 > > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device > > (--) Chipset Unknown NVIDIA chip found > > Yeah, the nv driver is too old and does not really know the card. > Should not be much of a problem, though. Just the XVideo stuff, where I'm concerned. > > I still don't see why are you so reluctant to "test" the closed > > source driver. Just to test, for seeing how it goes and if it solves > > nothing then at least you can decide the next step with confidence > > :-) > I wonder why Chris bought a laptop with such a powerful card in the > first place if he has no use for it. Intel graphics would have been > cheaper and also cause much less headaches. Incompetence..? :-) I needed a new laptop urgently because my 11-year old machine's display was on its way out, and when I saw a high-end machine from a year ago at 25% of the original price at the lenovo outlet.. with specs that should prove suitable for hopefully many years to come, I verified other folks had gotten it to work with GNU/linux. Since the laptop was not built to order, I was not in a position to make any changes to the configuration. I wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. And who knows, contrary to the color calibrator, fingerprint reader, and other options that I have little use for.. I might find some uses to make up for the dollars this card is going to add to my electricity bill. cj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110116214031.GB4196@pavo.local
