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Trevor Hill fweebles at callete.com
Sat Jul 10 13:31:25 EDT 2004


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.

--Trevor


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