1. You write about "reinstall the driver". The proprietary nvidia X support includes both (a) a kernel module (a custom framebuffer, I think) called "nvidia" and (b) a proprietary X driver also called "nvidia". Are you installing *both* of them?
2. After you recompile the kernel, you need to recompile the nvidia driver (the kernel module, that is). Are you doing so? (The process you call "installed" in your first paragraph below handles this compilation.)
3. As Richard suggested, you may have left out of your custom kernel some support that the nvidia module needs. I'd expect depmod to pick this up, though, so I don't know what you suggest here. Oh, one thought ... you mention that you are using NvAgp. In compiling the kernel, did you than NOT compile in support for AGPGART? (See the nVidia driver's README file for details here.)
4. Since you reinstalled Woody from scratch, you may have selected some different X settings. Check this. (In particular, check if your system is defaulting to 800x600 -- for some reason I've never understood, a lot of otherwise fine card/display combinations show errors at that setting.) You might want to post your complete "Device", "Monitor", and "Screen" sections from XF86Config-4.
If you post again, please give a more exact description of the visible problem than "a scrambled nvidia logo, (not just scrambled but it's wrecked)" -- I can't envision what you are seeing from this description. Also mention what display you are using -- is this a regular monitor, or are you using an nVidia card that has TV out?
As I recall, the nVidia logo comes up when the kernel module loads, not when X starts ... so this symptom suggests a problem at that earlier stage of the process, not one that can be diagnosed through X. (But my memory may be wrong -- I haven't worked at the console of my nVidia-card system in a couple of months.)
At 06:30 AM 8/24/2003 -0700, Jesse Armand wrote:
I use Debian Woody 3.0 I have downloaded the nvidia graphics driver version 1.0-4496 from nvidia.com, i have installed it succesfully, with sh (filename).run --kernel-include-path (my kernel source path).
Before it's working okay, the X-window starts successfully. but then the other time, I reformat my hard-disk, reinstall my debian woody, recompile kernel 2.4.18 and reinstall my nvidia driver, the problems happen.
the x-window starts with a scrambled nvidia logo, (not just scrambled but it's wrecked), and the x-window won't start, and keeps idle until i restart with ctrl+alt+del,
I check the XFree86.0.log, and after loading the nvidia glx extension there is a signal 11 error (i suppose it happens because i press ctrl+alt+del) besides that there is no problem
i have configured XF86Config-4 according to readme file, adding Option "NvAgp" "1" on the devices section line, and i read the log files, the nvagp were loaded successfully
so what is the problem actually ??, this is very weird, I don't do any system change, all i'm doing is reinstalling debian, recompile kernel and reinstall the driver, why is the situation could be differ ?
by the way i'm using GeForce4 Ti4200-8X and ASUS A7N8X-X with nforce2 chipset
so help me pls ?
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