I read about "Envy" today, which might be an easy way of installing and configuring Nvidia drivers on Debian?
PC World Article: http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/12/hidden_linux_graphics_envy.html (but you might need a basic working X xerver to run Envy - it's a gui tool) GC On Jan 10, 2008 2:09 PM, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, what might be the problem with this (the most recent backup) > xorg.conf file? Related to the NVIDIA driver kinda not loading and not > being able to startx? > > Cheers, > Roger > > # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig > # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Wed Sep 12 > 14:29:17 PDT 2007 > > # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) > # > # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using > # values from the debconf database. > # > # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page. > # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) > # > # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* > # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg > # package. > # > # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated > # again, run the following command: > # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > Section "ServerLayout" > > # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet > # InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" > # InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" > # InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" 0 0 > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "glx" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "kbd" > Option "CoreKeyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "stylus" > Driver "wacom" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" > Option "Type" "stylus" > Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "eraser" > Driver "wacom" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" > Option "Type" "eraser" > Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "cursor" > Driver "wacom" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" > Option "Type" "cursor" > Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic Monitor" > HorizSync 28.0 - 72.0 > VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150]" > Driver "nvidia" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150]" > Monitor "Generic Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "UseFBDev" "true" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1440x900" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > > Euan Clark wrote: > > [large snip] > > You might like to post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > >
