MLewis wrote:
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> AFAIK, I have no nv.ko nor nvidia.ko files present on the system.
$ find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name 'nv*'
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/char/agp/nvidia-agp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/char/nvram.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/vid
On Tue,28.Oct.08, 23:35:33, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 17:09:40 -0500, MLewis wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > rattler:/etc/X11# glxinfo | grep direct
> > Error: unable to open display
> > rattler:/etc/X11# glxgears
> > Error: couldn't open display (null)
>
> Don't run it as root, run
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Tue,28.Oct.08, 17:09:40, MLewis wrote:
Maybe my monitor is too old. NEC MultiSync P1150.
Could be. It would probably be enough to put the H-Sync and V-Sync
ranges for your monitor in xorg.conf. Haven't done this in a while so I
can't give you exact details, but goog
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 17:09:40 -0500, MLewis wrote:
[...]
> rattler:/etc/X11# glxinfo | grep direct
> Error: unable to open display
> rattler:/etc/X11# glxgears
> Error: couldn't open display (null)
Don't run it as root, run it as the user who owns the X session.
--
Regards,| htt
MLewis:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>> Install the mesa-utils package, then use these commands to see if direct
>> rendering is working.
>
> rattler:/etc/X11# glxinfo | grep direct
> Error: unable to open display
> rattler:/etc/X11# glxgears
> Error: couldn't open display (null)
You have to run t
On Tue,28.Oct.08, 17:09:40, MLewis wrote:
>> Install the mesa-utils package, then use these commands to see if direct
>> rendering is working.
>
> rattler:/etc/X11# glxinfo | grep direct
> Error: unable to open display
> rattler:/etc/X11# glxgears
> Error: couldn't open display (null)
Err, you ar
Florian Kulzer wrote:
[...]
to find out which driver is used. If you see the Xorg nvidia module is
loaded, check "glxinfo | grep direct" and "glxgears" (package
mesa-utils) to see if direct rendering is working.
glxinfo & glxgears were not found.
Install the mesa-utils package, then use these
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 15:48:41 -0500, MLewis wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 14:17:25 -0500, MLewis wrote:
>>> Jochen Schulz wrote:
>>
>> [...]
> > That is how things are these days, with the latest Xorg being able to
>> detect everything automatically, in theory at lea
On Tue,28.Oct.08, 15:48:41, MLewis wrote:
>> modprobe -v nvidia
>
> modprobe -v nvidia
> [nothing returned]
Ok
>> lsmod | grep nvidia
>
> lsmod | grep nvidia
> nvidia 7086148 24
> agpgart28776 1 nvidia
> i2c_core 19828 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2
Ok
>> I
Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 14:17:25 -0500, MLewis wrote:
Jochen Schulz wrote:
[...]
> That is how things are these days, with the latest Xorg being able to
detect everything automatically, in theory at least. (Only a very
minimal xorg.conf is written by "dpkg-reconfigure
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Tue,28.Oct.08, 14:17:51, MLewis wrote:
Thanks for the link Jack. Very good instructions, but I'm missing
something. When I do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg I am not asked about
any video options at all. Something I must have missed along the way.
You're not missing an
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 14:17:25 -0500, MLewis wrote:
> Jochen Schulz wrote:
[...]
>> First, make sure you have either the linux-headers-* package for your
>> kernel (if you use a precompiled kernel from Debian) or the source tree
>> which you used to compile your own kernel. Then:
>>
>> $ sudo a
On Tue,28.Oct.08, 14:17:51, MLewis wrote:
> Thanks for the link Jack. Very good instructions, but I'm missing
> something. When I do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg I am not asked about
> any video options at all. Something I must have missed along the way.
You're not missing anything. Xorg in Lenn
Jack Schneider wrote:
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:52:43 -0500
MLewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm new to the list and Debian, but not new to Linux. I have been
running RH for 10+ years and recently was very impressed with Debian
and decided to make the switch. Congrats to the team that puts Debia
Jochen Schulz wrote:
MLewis:
I'm running Lenny Beta2.
There is no such Debian version. What you probably have is lenny (in its
current or an earlier state), installed by the Debian Installer beta2.
(Sorry for the nitpicking, it's just that Debian doesn't have any
releases which it calls beta.
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:52:43 -0500
MLewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm new to the list and Debian, but not new to Linux. I have been
> running RH for 10+ years and recently was very impressed with Debian
> and decided to make the switch. Congrats to the team that puts Debian
> together, i
MLewis:
>
> I'm running Lenny Beta2.
There is no such Debian version. What you probably have is lenny (in its
current or an earlier state), installed by the Debian Installer beta2.
(Sorry for the nitpicking, it's just that Debian doesn't have any
releases which it calls beta. Only single package
I'm new to the list and Debian, but not new to Linux. I have been
running RH for 10+ years and recently was very impressed with Debian and
decided to make the switch. Congrats to the team that puts Debian
together, it looks like a well thought out distribution. Also, thanks
much for an update
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