Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-26 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 25 June 2011 09:52:08 pm lee wrote: The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 4.3) does not exactly match the current compiler (gcc 4.4). The Linux 2.6 kernel module loader rejects kernel modules built with a version of gcc that does not exactly match that of the

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:58:42 +1200, Aidan Gauland wrote: Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: You better try with nvidia own drivers to avoid messing with dependencies. Yes, I think I'll go that route. Bit of a problem, though: the Nvidia installer warns me that The compiler used to

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze [SOLVED]

2011-06-26 Thread Aidan Gauland
Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz writes: I just upgraded my video card (from a 9400 GT to a GT 430), and when I booted my system, X failed to start. When seeing that the Nvidia drivers in sid are the same version as those direct from Nvidia's website, I tried upgrading the nvidia

Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Aidan Gauland
(as directed by http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Use_DKMS). Still no joy; the same error. What do I need to do to use the Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze? Regards, Aidan Gauland (Note: I have attached my xorg.conf file.) xorg.conf Description: xorg.conf

Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Aidan Gauland
) and installing nvidia-kernel-dkms (as instructed by http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers), but still no joy; the same error. What do I need to do to use the Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze? Regards, Aidan Gauland xdm.log Description: XDM log file xorg.conf Description: xorg.conf

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
to use the Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze? Regards, Aidan Gauland (Note: I have attached my xorg.conf file.) Hi Aidan! Did you install the nvidia-glx package? A good way to see, what is happening, is to move /etc/init.d/kdm out of the way, Doing so, it will not start at boot. After

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Camaleón
://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Use_DKMS). Still no joy; the same error. What do I need to do to use the Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze? (...) You first need to find out what of the nvidia driver version supports your VGA card and then decide what way to follow. Greetings

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Aidan Gauland
Hans-J. Ullrich hans.ullr...@loop.de writes: Hi Aidan! Did you install the nvidia-glx package? Yes, that was pulled in by nvidia-kernel-dkms (directly or indirectly). A good way to see, what is happening, is to move /etc/init.d/kdm out of the way, Doing so, it will not start at boot.

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
to squeeze any dependencies that were pulled in from sid) and installing nvidia-kernel-dkms (as instructed by http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers), but still no joy; the same error. What do I need to do to use the Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze? Regards, Aidan Gauland I haven't tried

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Yes, I had wondered myself if there aren't incompatibilities, even if the packages are not marked as conflicting. I think it might be easier to go the non-Debian, Nvidia way (sadly). On Debian, how can I undo whatever the Nvidia installer does? I'd feel more comfortable running it,

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread lee
Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz writes: What do I need to do to use the Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze? Perhaps you're missing some packages? , | lee@yun:~/tmp/naming$ dpkg --get-selections |grep -i nvidia | libgl1-nvidia-alternatives install | libgl1

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread Aidan Gauland
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: You better try with nvidia own drivers to avoid messing with dependencies. Yes, I think I'll go that route. Bit of a problem, though: the Nvidia installer warns me that The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 4.3) does not exactly match the current

Re: Nvidia drivers from sid on squeeze

2011-06-25 Thread lee
Aidan Gauland aidal...@no8wireless.co.nz writes: Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: You better try with nvidia own drivers to avoid messing with dependencies. Yes, I think I'll go that route. Bit of a problem, though: the Nvidia installer warns me that If you ask in #debian on