Hi, I'm taking the plunge into 2.6 territory and just rolled my first 2.6.7 last night. I used the latest available Sid components for the nvidia driver module (6106), including nvidia-glx. module-init-tools has been installed, and I've verified that tls has a link to libGl.so set up when booting to this kernel. The X config file is properly commented (I've been using the card for a while). Some installed packages are listed at the end of this post.
When I attempt to start up X, I get no nvidia splash screen, instead seeing the screen go totally black, then the backlight begins to glow a bit. Changing to console gives very dim text, and seeing keyboard input requires switching consoles then back to see changes. 'reset' does nothing. It gets worse if I attempt to restart X again. I currently reboot to clear things up. The X logfile shows no errors with the nvidia driver lines, and the last thing seen is the following: ... (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing extension GLX *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not *** be the reason for the server aborting. Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting ... I followed through on all other suggestions from Andre's site (http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html) and associated links to try to deal with this problem. Has anyone else run into this? Nothing I've seen through Google fits... Is it likely something to do with the glx component based on the point at which the X startup got to?? Kenward other packages (don't know if all are relevant): ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-9 The GLib library of C routines ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.4-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libglut3 3.7-25 the OpenGL Utility Toolkit ii nvidia-glx 1.0.6106-3 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver ii xlibmesa-gl 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] ii xlibmesa-glu 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree86] ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii module-init-to 3.1-pre5-2 tools for managing Linux kernel modules ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.6106-3+cus NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.4.26 ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.6106-3+cus NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.7 ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.6106-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module common files ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.6106-3 NVIDIA binary kernel module source -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
