Re: Xwindows doesn't start on new install

modconf shows: kernel/drivers/video/nvidia so i tried that, but no joy. I've now tried vesa, nv, and nvidia with no effect. I then tried: apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nv but no effect Then, in modconf, i saw this: kernel/drivers/video/nvidia so I selected in for install. This had an effec

Re: Xwindows doesn't start on new install

Another thing to keep in mind is recent troubles we've seen during installs with Xorg when the user selects repositories from contrib and non-free during the repository selection phase of the install. My laptop intel i910 adapter was incorrectly identified as radeon card, and fglrx was installed i

Re: Xwindows doesn't start on new install

Hi, On Fre, 05 Jän 2007, jdaues wrote: > I'm not certain how to change the driver to vesa. > In this section: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV17GL [Quadro4 500 GoGL]" > Driver "ivtvdev" Driver "nv" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSectio

Re: Xwindows doesn't start on new install

on Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 12:49:01AM -0700 jdaues mumbled: > if I do: > >lsmod | grep nvidia > I get nothing in response. > That can't be good. > Agreed. you can take a look at what modules are available for that stock kernel by typing: modconf it will give you a menu of modules you can insert or