Nvidia Driver Problem.

2012-11-01 Thread Zhigang Song
I reinstalled my nVidia graphic card driver and got "Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual" when I run command "glxinfo". How can I fix it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: ht

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-02-07 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 28, 2008 5:05 PM, Geosand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jimmy Wu wrote: > > Well, an update: I just ran the nvidia script today (169.09) and it > > worked. I told it to not look for a precompiled interface on > > nvidia.com, so it did some compiling on its own, I think, but anyways, > > af

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-28 Thread Geosand
Jimmy Wu wrote: On Jan 25, 2008 9:26 PM, Jimmy Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think I will go with the nvidia installer. I'll post back with results of how that goes. Well, an update: I just ran the nvidia script today (169.09) and it worked. I told it to not look for a precompiled

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-28 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 25, 2008 9:26 PM, Jimmy Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I will go with the nvidia installer. I'll post back with > results of how that goes. Well, an update: I just ran the nvidia script today (169.09) and it worked. I told it to not look for a precompiled interface on nvidia.com,

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-26 Thread David Baron
On Friday 25 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, nv was what the installer picked by default and that didn't > work for me (I was surprised by that, but maybe stable uses an older > version of nv or something).  Anyways, vesa worked, and it still does > now, so that's what I'm using.

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/25/08 20:26, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Jan 24, 2008 8:54 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >> You could get the unstable nvidia-glx source package and build it >> using Stable tools. Might not work, though, because the latest >> nvid

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-25 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 24, 2008 8:54 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > You could get the unstable nvidia-glx source package and build it > using Stable tools. Might not work, though, because the latest > nvidia drivers are built with modern tool versions. > > I'd suggest moving up to Lenny/testin

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread David
Jimmy Wu wrote: I followed the instructions to install the nvidia drivers the Debian way from this site: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers Just installed AMD64 Etch on a dual core 64, with a Leadtek Quadro FX540 on a work station. Getting similar reactions with the basic nv driver

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/24/08 18:58, Jimmy Wu wrote: [snip] > > Now, on to a solution. The unstable nvidia-glx does support my card, > but I want to run the stable distribution. I know there are ways to > configure apt/aptitude/sources.lst to have a mixed system, but

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 24, 2008 5:36 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so look like? I haven't had a chance to check that yet (I put my laptop away and it's charging now). However I think I've figured out the problem (see below...) On Jan 24, 2008 6:2

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu January 24 2008, Jimmy Wu wrote: > Etch uses xorg. > Actually, nv was what the installer picked by default and that didn't > work for me (I was surprised by that, but maybe stable uses an older > version of nv or something).  Anyways, vesa worked, and it still does > now, so that's what I'm

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/24/08 16:18, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Jan 24, 2008 5:06 PM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I tried that, and got the black unresponsive screen again. I guess >>> that rules out gdm? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >> Yes it does. Now in single

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 24, 2008 5:06 PM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried that, and got the black unresponsive screen again. I guess > > that rules out gdm? > > > > Thanks, > > > Yes it does. Now in single user mode run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > (or xfree-x86?? I use unstable and I

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Jimmy Wu wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 4:46 PM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jimmy, I have not yet looked over your files, but try to boot into single user mode (grub screen, normaly the 2nd line) and as root, type "startx" and see if it starts. This will rule in or out gdm.

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Jan 24, 2008 4:46 PM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jimmy, > > I have not yet looked over your files, but try to boot into single user > mode (grub screen, normaly the 2nd line) and as root, type "startx" and > see if it starts. This will rule in or out gdm. I tried that, and g

Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Jimmy Wu wrote: I followed the instructions to install the nvidia drivers the Debian way from this site: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers Every command worked fine, with no error messages. However, when it came time to reboot, I get a black screen shortly after the message that says

nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-24 Thread Jimmy Wu
I followed the instructions to install the nvidia drivers the Debian way from this site: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers Every command worked fine, with no error messages. However, when it came time to reboot, I get a black screen shortly after the message that says gdm is starting.

[Fwd: Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)]

2007-02-22 Thread steef
Original Message Subject:Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem) Resent-Date:Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:58:43 -0600 (CST) Resent-From:debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:58:59 +0100 From: steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: steef wrote: Jon Dowland wrote: steef wrote: LAST QUESTION: what package do i need to measure cpu-usage? (valgrind maybe??) I don't think valgrind is what you're after. "top" is a console program that does what you want (and is a required package in Debian), or there'

Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)

2007-02-21 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
steef wrote: Jon Dowland wrote: steef wrote: LAST QUESTION: what package do i need to measure cpu-usage? (valgrind maybe??) I don't think valgrind is what you're after. "top" is a console program that does what you want (and is a required package in Debian), or there's gnome-system-manager (

Re: nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steef wrote: Joe Hart wrote: steef wrote: i did that several times. when i still had the I actually use GlassMonitor which is a theme for superkarmba. I'm all KDE here. You can also see the cpu usage with k

Re: nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steef wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > steef wrote: > i did that several times. when i still had the alien driver 'formally' *installed* in the kernel. i too replaced in that configuration manually the native nv-driver "nv" with "nvidia" >>

Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Jon Dowland wrote: steef wrote: LAST QUESTION: what package do i need to measure cpu-usage? (valgrind maybe??) I don't think valgrind is what you're after. "top" is a console program that does what you want (and is a required package in Debian), or there's gnome-system-manager (in package of

Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Jon Dowland wrote: steef wrote: LAST QUESTION: what package do i need to measure cpu-usage? (valgrind maybe??) I don't think valgrind is what you're after. "top" is a console program that does what you want (and is a required package in Debian), or there's gnome-system-manager (in package of

measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)

2007-02-21 Thread Jon Dowland
steef wrote: LAST QUESTION: what package do i need to measure cpu-usage? (valgrind maybe??) I don't think valgrind is what you're after. "top" is a console program that does what you want (and is a required package in Debian), or there's gnome-system-manager (in package of the same name), an X

Re: nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steef wrote: i did that several times. when i still had the alien driver 'formally' *installed* in the kernel. i too replaced in that configuration manually the native nv-driver "nv" with "nvidia" without results. afte

Re: nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steef wrote: > > i did that several times. when i still had the > alien driver 'formally' *installed* in the kernel. i too replaced in > that configuration manually the native nv-driver "nv" with "nvidia" > without results. > after having *uninstall

Re: nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steef wrote: hi folks, need some help on the strange behaviour on installing of one of the newest nvidia-drivers from their website for specific needs. 1. i installed etch from a daily build, 15/2/2007. 2. got the graphics workin

Re: nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steef wrote: > > > hi folks, > > need some help on the strange behaviour on installing of one of the > newest nvidia-drivers from their website for specific needs. > 1. i installed etch from a daily build, 15/2/2007. > 2. got the graphics working wi

nvidia driver problem

2007-02-21 Thread steef
hi folks, need some help on the strange behaviour on installing of one of the newest nvidia-drivers from their website for specific needs. 1. i installed etch from a daily build, 15/2/2007. 2. got the graphics working with the debian_vesa driver 3. downloaded the nvidia-instller from their we

Re: NVidia driver problem

2003-03-07 Thread nate
Vardan Gevorgyan said: > Hello > > I have problem with my video card. I still ure debian 2.2 and i could not > install my video card driver. you may get lucky and find Xfree 4.x for potato. it was available as .debs at one point though the site that had them doesn't seem to carry them anymore. I c

NVidia driver problem

2003-03-07 Thread Vardan Gevorgyan
Hello   I have problem with my video card. I still ure debian 2.2 and i could not install my video card driver.   Vardan Gevorgyan   P.S. My video card model is NVidia GForce MX-400.                                                             V.G.