I installed Jessie on my Lenovo W530, which has two graphics adapters. The relevant lines of lspci are:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107GLM [Quadro K2000M] (rev a1) I followed the instructions for Wheezy at https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Version_304.88. From dpkg -l: ii glx-alternative-nvidia 0.3.0 i386 allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider ii libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 304.88-6 i386 NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries ii libxvmcnvidia1:i386 304.88-6 i386 NVIDIA binary XvMC library ii nvidia-alternative 304.88-6 i386 allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider ii nvidia-driver 304.88-6 i386 NVIDIA metapackage ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20130505+1 i386 cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer ii nvidia-kernel-common 20130505+1 i386 NVIDIA binary kernel module support files ii nvidia-kernel-dkms 304.88-6 i386 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source ii nvidia-settings 304.88-2 i386 tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver ii nvidia-support 20130505+1 i386 NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files ii nvidia-vdpau-driver:i386 304.88-6 i386 NVIDIA vdpau driver ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 304.88-6 i386 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver From lsmod: nvidia 10224881 0 i2c_core 19505 7 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nvidia,videodev startx fails. From /var/log/Xorg.0.log: [ 278.264] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" [ 278.264] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so [ 278.264] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" [ 278.264] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 [ 278.264] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 278.265] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 304.88 Wed Mar 27 14:32:42 PDT 2013 [ 278.265] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs [ 278.265] (--) using VT number 7 [ 278.274] (EE) No devices detected. [ 278.274] Fatal server error: [ 278.274] no screens found The nvidia module was built and is being loaded, as are the other modules to support it. I'm not sure why "No devices detected". From /etc/alternatives: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 25 10:22 glx -> /usr/lib/nvidia lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Aug 25 10:22 glx--libGL.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 25 10:22 glx--libnvidia-cfg.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libnvidia-cfg.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Aug 25 10:22 glx--libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 25 10:22 glx--libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Aug 25 10:22 glx--linux-libglx.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/libglx.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Aug 25 10:22 glx--nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf -> /etc/nvidia/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Aug 25 10:22 glx--nvidia-bug-report.sh -> /usr/lib/nvidia/nvidia-bug-report.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Aug 25 10:22 glx--nvidia_drv.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/nvidia_drv.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--libGL.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/current/libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--libglx.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/libglx.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--libnvidia-cfg.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/current/libnvidia-cfg.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 65 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/current/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1-i386-linux-gnu -> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia/current/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--nv-control-dpy -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nv-control-dpy lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--nvidia-bug-report.sh -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-bug-report.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--nvidia_drv.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia_drv.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--nvidia-settings -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-settings lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--nvidia-settings.1.gz -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-settings.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Aug 25 10:22 nvidia--nvidia-settings.desktop -> /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia-settings.desktop It appears that the nvidia module being loaded is not from /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-686-pae/updates/dkms. I'm not sure if that is relevant. If I delete the directory /etc/X11/xconf.d/ X works with the Intel adapter, but I paid good money for the Nvidia adapter and I'd like to use it. What to do? -- 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/20130825203814.4e1c0b3b@sirius
