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[pete]

At 01:31 PM 7/10/2004, you wrote:

>Trevor Hill wrote:
>
>>Pete Stagman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>I just installed the new nVidia driver using apt-get.
>>>
>>>When I tried to restart X, it failed. Here's what's in the XFree86.0.log 
>>>file:
>>>
>>>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>>DIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Forcing SVIDEO output
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
>>>(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF4000000
>>>(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xEA000000
>>>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>>(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>>>(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>>>(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
>>>(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>>(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>>
>>>Fatal server error:
>>>no screens found
>>>
>>>The only attached monitor is my TV using SVideo. There is a configured 
>>>NEC multisync in the Config which I used to originally install.
>>>
>>>I'm using Axel's kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at and installed the 
>>>new driver using Jarod's recommended:
>>># apt-get install kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106-$MYKERNEL
>>># apt-get install nvidia-graphics6106
>>>
>>>I had tried it with "RenderAccel" "1" and without and get the same error.
>>>
>>>I know I can always go back to the old driver that was working, but I'd 
>>>rather move to the new one and get the best quality I can.
>>>
>>>Any ideas what's going on here? What other info would you like?
>>>
>>>--Pete
>>>
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>>Funny, that's the exact same error I get when trying to install the old 
>>drivers (4363), as 6106 seems to be giving me trouble. 
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>Heh, I discovered that apt didn't install the appropriate 
>kernel-module-nvidia-....-4363... package.
>Installing it again manually fixed that right up.
Yep, I installed manually and all is well.

--Pete



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