[64studio-devel] Nvidia and 2.6.19

[Free Ekanayaka]

|--==> Blue Eye writes:

  BE> hello again :-)
  BE> I installed the 2.6.19 64Studio kernel.
  BE> ( by the way, doesn anyone know why debian isn't releasing theirs ? ?
  BE> ? so much troubles ?)

Do  you mean 2.6.19/2.6.20? That's  because of the  etch freeze before
the  release.   After the  release they'll start   updating the kernel
again.

  BE> I just wonder if I installed the nvidia things properly, because now I
  BE> can only boot 1 time on 5 or 10 times.
  BE> I can boot in deed, but most of the times, it just freezes as soon as
  BE> it tries to show the Nvidia Logo.

Did it work before? Which architecture are you running? amd64?

  BE> Impossible to switch to a console to kill start-x or whatever.
  BE> I think I could uninstall kdm to start back X until it is Ok... but I
  BE> am not such a barbarian :-)

  BE> this is the script I run after I installed each new debian kernel to
  BE> have my nvidia working :
  BE> Have I done things right ?

  BE>    apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common module-assistant
  BE>    m-a -i prepare
  BE>    m-a a-i -i -t -f nvidia-kernel
  BE>    depmod -a
  BE>    apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-dev xserver-xorg

Did you  try to use the nvidia  kernel module package shipped with the
last ISO?

http://apt.64studio.com/64studio/64studio_1.1.1.apt/pool/main/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-glx_1.0.8776-4_amd64.deb

  BE> I have gone back to vesa "drivers"... but they are really really
  BE> really really slow...
  BE> and i can't get use of my twin monitors.

Ciao,

Free