Sorry, I just read the part where you say you use debian so this may not apply to your problem. It may be something similar for your distribution though considering the fact that the installation procedure overwrites system modules.
Adrian On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 23:22 +1200, Adrian.Mageanu wrote: > I gave up on trying to install nvidia drivers from nvidia.com. I'm > running FC5 and while searching for a solution to my problem I found > this: > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=65454 > > and especially this: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-February/msg01565.html > > very helpful. > > I installed my driver from livna and had no problem since. True, every > time there is another kernel version issued for FC5 I have to wait a few > days (two or three) until livna releases the new rpms. You get used to > it though... > > Adrian > > > On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 12:34 +1200, HappyEvilSlosh wrote: > > Greetings all. > > > > Recently after swapping kernels the nvidia drivers started not working > > on me. I've had problems with them before but a sites sage advice of > > adding --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules (iirc) to the official > > nvidia installer fixed that. Not so lucky this time. > > > > The output from starting X ends with > > > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): The requested configuration of display devices is not > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): supported in the hardware. > > > > Fatal server error: > > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > > > > > *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not > > *** be the reason for the server aborting. > > > > Backtrace: > > 0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x89) [0x80b6849] > > 1: [0xffffe420] > > 2: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(AbortServer+0x23) [0x81a5603] > > 3: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FatalError+0x67) [0x81a5b17] > > 4: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(InitOutput+0x840) [0x80a0250] > > 5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x276) [0x806e3c6] > > 6: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd0) [0xa7d82eb0] > > 7: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xad) [0x806d911] > > > > FatalError re-entered, aborting > > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > > > > > As mentioned I'm using the official installer, version 1.0-8762. > > Additionally I'm running xorg 7.0.0 on debian unstable. > > > > --Slosh > > > > > > > > >
