On Monday 26 August 2013 14:07:29 you wrote: > I read the postings fairly recently on this list, then Googled and > found: > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#configure > > I decided to follow that. I also followed the trouble-shooting > recommended. > > I have checked and as a result of what I did, the following package > is definitely installed. (It is recommended.) > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/nvidia-kernel-common > > At present I have been offered a CLI login and have logged in as > root. > > I was able to: > > cat /var/log//Xorg.0.log > > but I could not pipe to less (or more!) because I couldn't find the > pipe. Googling seemed to suggest that the American pipe was on a key > in a position that does not exist on my keyboards, which wasn't very > helpful. > > Here is my best attempt at copying across onto a working X on another > computer: > > (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so > (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" > compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module > [snip] can't quite make it out accurately enough to copy. Short > message saying to look at the system's kernel log if you want to see > more messages. (EE) NVIDIA (tangled up with above) > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > (II) Unloading nvidia > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia"(module-specific error, 0) > (EE) No drivers available. > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > I have downloaded the correct driver for my husband's card (GTX 650 > TI) on this box (mine) and was thinking of putting it on a USB key > with a view to copying it onto the other box (my husband's) and > trying to install it. But I would presumably need to unistall > whatever is there now first. > > Trying to get a 4.0.2 , presumably a kernel 4.0.2, strikes me as a > non-starter. Even backports are only up to > linux-image-3.10-0.bpo.2-amd64 > > Reinstalling is a possibility, but it would be nice to get this > sorted out. Unfortunately, I am under time pressure, so I may just > have to cave in and make do with a fresh install and nouveau. I had > upgraded successfully. Pity I had to play around and spoil it. :-( > But I was keen to get him the better graphics of which his box is > capable. Nouveau really wasn't very good. :-( > > Ideas and suggestions please! I don't want to reinstall and put up > with nouveau if I can avoid it. :-( > > Thank you, > Lisi
The proprietary Nvidia installer does a good job of configuring everything here, just works. It will write a new .xorg file and backup the old file, if present. Caveats, no Debian Nvidia stuff installed, blacklist the nouveau driver, which Nvidia installer offers to do, that is not a reference to a Linux kernel version. -- Peace, Greg -- 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/201308261424.45501.gomadtr...@gci.net