Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
It is good to know you also have a 8600GT. It makes me feel a bit more
confident that nvidia blob will drop in without much hassle.
I don't care if it is free or not. If it is well known and is available
from reputable place non-free/binary ok on special cases.
Did you simply install nvida blob directly from their website following
*their procedure *or did you use a method of your own?
If the latter, can you tell me what you did?
I have another machine that has 9800 GT (usually runs XP) that I can try
installing to experiment. Based on the experiment, I will decide between
nvidia vs lenny.
Regards
Ramesh
I used the default nv driver during installation---but with a 7800GT. I
needed that 7800GT elsewhere, so I substituted the 8600GT, and found
that the Debian driver didn't notice. Until the system tried to do
something fancy with a screen saver. Then I installed the NVIDIA binary
with *their* installer, and everything was peachy-keen, until the next
kernel upgrade, whereupon, I had to install it again. The latter has
become routine, and now all I have to do is remember to type
# export CC=gcc-4.1
before running the installer.
Mark Allums
Mark Allums wrote:
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
Thanks. I am having this problem on my home network server/gateway.
So, I am trying to keep deviation from stable release to minimal.
Since I have 86xx, I cannot use nvidia-glx from stable distribution.
I will have to go to either lenny or get it from nvidia
(latest/nonstandard)
Which is less risky or more stable in your opinion? Going nvidia way
or switching to lenny?
BTW, is this trouble known and am I raising it again? (I googled and
could not find anything correlated to my situation)
Ramesh
Uh, "mildly known trouble", if that phrase makes sense. It is an
issue that others have, but the advice is usually something like: "If
you don't need 3D, go with Intel onboard graphics." I would
personally go with lenny, but I don't know if that makes sense for
you. Certainly, when lenny is stable, there is a good chance you will
want to migrate/update/upgrade. On my personal home system, I use the
NVIDIA blob, but then, on that computer, I don't care if something
breaks. If you are trying to stay with free software, you will not
want the blob.
I have an 8600GT on that machine, NVIDIA's blob works well. In fact,
the latest version about which I know, 177.80, is a noticeably faster
performer for me.
I have not had recent experience with the lenny nvidia-* drivers. You
should get more advice from the other fine members of this list who
have used them.
Good luck!
Mark Allums
Mark Allums wrote:
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote:
I am having issues with my new video card MSI 8600GT. Xorg fires up
properly and everything is fine as long as I am within X. The moment
I try to switch one of the VCs (c-a-f1/2 etc) or exit X, all I get
is blank screen and no response from KB/mouse etc. Soon the monitor
goes into power save. The only way to fix is reboot. Occasionally,
I will see blank screen with X running having very similar syptoms.
I have noticed that Xorg runs with almost 100% cpu utilization
whenever blank screen event happens. Also, with my prior card I did
not have this problem (prior card was EVGA nvidia 7600GS)
I run stock etch kenel from amd64 distribution latest xorg with nv
driver. Here is exact info
uname -a: Linux lata 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Fri May 4 00:37:33 UTC
2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv : Version: 1:2.0.3-1
Package: xorg: Version: 1:7.1.0-19
You probably need to think about a different driver. The nvidia-*
packages might be a place to start.
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