-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/08 06:13, andy wrote: [snip] > > OK I attempted to update my nVidia driver this weekend as I said I would > earlier this last week.
Good for you! > First, I downloaded the latest nVidia installer for my card, which is a > nVidia GeForce 8500 GT. The latest version is > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.05-pkg1.run. I then made it executable (chmod +x). That works, but is not necessary. Just do: # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.05-pkg1.run > Second, I rebooted into single user mode, loading the 2.6.25-2-686 > kernel and then ran the installer: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.05-pkg1.run You don't need to be in single-user mode. Unless, I guess, you boot into [xgk]dm. > Third, after going through the various agreements, etc. and ignoring the > mismatch between compilers, the installation through back an error > message to the effect that the kernel I was running was a Xen kernel and > that the NVIDIA driver does not currently work on Xen kernels. > > After that, there was no way forward except for me to reboot into the > current kernel which is 2.6.24-1-686. > > I didn't know that I had obtained a Xen kernel from the automatic > updates, nor do I understand why this would be a problem. Although, Ah, bummer. Maybe Xen is now built into the Debian kernel image? Try: $ ls -aFl /boot/config* - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiDUXgACgkQS9HxQb37XmfIagCffSaqFBZGjAaf+Lz/n/iRI5Sn YE4AnA+JzM3Zia8TkPA0+3ApnDDsD2We =8Ds5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
