On 13/06/2015, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/06/2015, Matthijs Wensveen <matthijs.wensv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 11-6-2015 7:13, Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 11/06/2015, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On 06/10/2015 03:45 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >>>>> On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <n...@ncktsp.com> wrote: >>>>>> Oops, forgot to cc in the mailing list. >>>>>> >>>>>> - Nick >>>>>> >>>>>> On 06/10/2015 09:19 PM, Nick T. wrote: >>>>>>> Install build-essential it should contain all the packages necessary >>>>>>> to install the driver. >>>>>>> Also you might want to install dkms if you don't want to reinstall >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> driver after every kernel update. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Nick >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for that. >>>>> >>>>> The driver installation appears to have subsequently succeeded. >>>>> >>>>> However, after rebooting, the system still does not see the external >>>>> monitor (using System -> Preferences -> Monitors), and >>>> I don't think that will work. Try using nvidia-settings. >>>> >>>> >>> As I had said, xwindows now no longer works on the system. >>> >>> What do I need to do, at the command line level, to get xwindows >>> operable on the system? >>> >>> In the circumstances, it appears to be a congiuration or settings issue. >>> >>> Or, despite the information on the nvidia web site, perhaps the driver >>> simply does not work with Debian 6. >>> >>> I note that the gcc version issues showed that the gcc version >>> applicable to the driver, appeared to be an earlier version (4.3, I >>> think) than the installed version when I installed gcc (4.4, I think) >>> (but the discrepancy appeared to have been overcome in the procedure >>> that I followed), indicating (I believe) that Debian 6 should not be a >>> version to early for thenvidia driver. >>> >>> >> >> It might be that you need to generate an Xorg.conf file from scratch. >> Make sure to backup any existing configuration file first >> (/etc/X11/xorg.conf). You can generate one using the nvidia-xconfig >> package: https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Configuration >> - Matthijs >> >> > > Hello. > > As previously mentioned, that wiki web page refers to only Debian 7 > and 8, and not to Debian 6, which is the applicable version. > > I will reboot into Debian 6 (I am currently in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which > allows use of the external monitor, and which provided installation of > an earlier (v3.3) nvidia driver), and see what I can find in the > specified path. > >
Okay. In running ls on /etc/X11/ , a file xorg.conf was listed, as was a file named xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original The latter file showed no content, in running cat on it. The former file had content; " # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 346.72 (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-19) Tue May 5 18:19:38 PDT 2015 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection " In thinking about it, as the creation of that file, had rendered xwindows inoperable, I renamed the file, with an extra extension, and rebooted. So, I now have xwindows operating again, on Debian 6, on this computer, but, the only way that I can get the external monitor to work, is by running one of the two Ubuntu installations; 12.04 or 14.04. Unfortunately, they both involve GNOME3, and what I think of GNOME3, is not polite. So, I still can not get the external monitor to run, with Debian 6 or 7, on this computer, with its nvidia GEForce GT750M device. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8MXvUtM9r=Awg4ugw1=ip_4rx4fly3eotkyoc3-shl...@mail.gmail.com