On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:26:12 -0500, erosenberg wrote: > If you don't have an NVIDIA graphics card, then remove the nvidia > packages: > * glx-alternative-nvidia * nvidia-driver * libgl1-nvidia-glx and > instead, install libgl1-mesa-glx. This should allow your INTEL > card > to do the 3D acceleration. > > Darac - > > Thanks. > > I checked, no Nvidia device. > > Did as above. Computer is now in infinite loop. Ask for a reboot, > reboots and returns to the terminal login prompt. > > TIA > > Ethan > > <html><body> <br /> > If you don't have an NVIDIA graphics card, then remove the nvidia<br > /><blockquote> > packages:<br /> > * glx-alternative-nvidia<br /> > * nvidia-driver<br /> > * libgl1-nvidia-glx<br /> > and instead, install libgl1-mesa-glx. This should allow your INTEL > card<br /> > to do the 3D acceleration.<br /><br /><br />Darac -<br /><br > />Thanks.<br /><br />I checked, no Nvidia device.<br /><br />Did as > above. Computer is now in infinite loop. Ask for a reboot, reboots and > returns to the terminal login prompt.<br /><br />TIA<br /><br />Ethan<br > /></blockquote></body></html>
All my problem are mostly gone since i've uninstalled EVERY Debian Nvidia package. Have a look at the below. If you want to know what card to use do something like uname -m to know what architecture it is ( x86_64 = 64bit, x86 = 32bit) lspci |grep -i vga to know the model for sure Get the latest driver from http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx? lang=en-uk , make sure to select the driver based on what you see from the output above. There is no specific driver for Debian or any other distro, just select Linux 32-bit or Linux 64-bit .. you only need ARM if it is a mobile device of some sort, or it's one of these chinese laptops. You should now have file somewhat like NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.20.run chmod o+x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.20.run (or whatever your file is called) stop the display manager if it is not stopped allready ( service gdm3 stop or service lightdm stop ) If it doesn not complain about drivers allready installed just wait and mostly press ok or yes, you should have either the kernel-headers or linux-source installed ( make sure to do ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-3.2 linux ) Now, it will take some time to finish. In the meantime you apply 'the magic' , in /etc/default/grub make sure nomodeset is present in the GRUB_CMD_LINUX="" or GRUB_CMD_LINUX_DEFAULT="" It is possible there is already "quiet splash" present you can just append it like "quiet splash nomodeset" If the installation finishes, you should do modinfo nvidia | grep version version: 331.20 vermagic: 3.2.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions this should show the version like it does below the command, vermagic is the kernel version, there should also be a nvidia-uvm module modinfo nvidia-uvm filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia- uvm.ko supported: external license: MIT depends: nvidia vermagic: 3.2.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions take note /etc/modprobe.conf.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf should look like the below alias char-major-195* nvidia options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=44 NVreg_DeviceFileMode=0660 blacklist nouveau If it is so, it should now be safe to reboot your computer. You won't believe the speed at which your machine will work on your desktop. -- 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/l9dc25$mar$3...@ger.gmane.org
