Have you tried to neutralized the wrong nvidia module by renaming it.
On 12/09/11 16:30, James Allsopp wrote:
Hi, problem is that I can't get x to start now and need some help, any ideas?
On Sep 12, 2011 1:58 PM, "Jerome BENOIT" <g62993...@rezozer.net
<mailto:g62993...@rezozer.net>> wrote:
> Hello List:
>
> have your tried the Debian instead:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/nvidia-graphics-drivers
> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/nvidia-cuda-dev
>
> hth,
> Jerome
>
> On 12/09/11 15:05, James Allsopp wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Having a terrible time trying to get nvidia drivers working. I had them
>> working ages ago but an update broke them whilst I was trying to get
>> CUDA to work.
>>
>> I'm trying to do this properly the nvidia way, and have tried to remove
>> all of the packages using apt, and them used
>> m-a prepare
>> m-a auto-install nvidia
>>
>> and everything went to plan, but when I reboot X fails saying it can't
>> find the modules.
>>
>> ja@Hawaiian:~$ uname -a
>> Linux Hawaiian 2.6.30-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 7 05:21:45 UTC 2009 x86_64
>> GNU/Linux
>>
>> Hawaiian:/home/ja# find / -iname 'nvidia.ko'
>> /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-amd64/nvidia/nvidia.ko
>> /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
>>
>> lsmod shows an nvidia module
>> Hawaiian:/home/ja# lsmod | grep nvidia
>> nvidia 10852808 0
>> i2c_core 25424 2 i2c_i801,nvidia
>>
>> But it doesn't seem the same size as the other two, which are different
>> from each other.
>> Hawaiian:/home/ja# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-amd64/nvidia/nvidia.ko
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13294487 Sep 12 12:40
>> /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-amd64/nvidia/nvidia.ko
>>
>> Hawaiian:/home/ja# ls -l
>> /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11670161 Jan 12 2010
>> /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
>>
>> Not exactly sure where to go from here, any advice or requests for more
>> information gratefully received.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>>
>>
>
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