+kernel 2.6.16.2, -nvidia 1.0.7174-2

Hitboxx · 05-29-2006, 10:35 PM

Hi Guys

I just installed the 2.6.16-2-686-smp kernel from sid but im unable to find the proper nvidia driver for this kernel. Same goes for 2.6.16-1 also. Only the default kernel 2.6.15-1 has support from nvidia-glx-legacy driver 1.0.7174-2 module. Though i can work with the 'nv' driver it lacks speed of the nvidia driver. I can't stick with the old kernel coz it doesn't support 'tvtime'(no input source except 'default'). With the new kernel tvtime works absolutely fine.

My lspci

Code:

shrikant@shribian:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE] (rev a1)
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:02:04.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
shrikant@shribian:~$

My lsmod

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            11016  1 
nfsd                  201668  13 
exportfs                5536  1 nfsd
lockd                  54952  2 nfsd
nfs_acl                 3488  1 nfsd
sunrpc                136420  9 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl
lp                     10784  0 
button                  6544  0 
ac                      4836  0 
battery                 9476  0 
ipv6                  229184  16 
nls_iso8859_1           4160  5 
nls_cp437               5824  5 
vfat                   11936  5 
fat                    47516  1 vfat
isofs                  32768  0 
udf                    73440  0 
ide_generic             1344  0 [permanent]
ide_disk               14816  0 
mousedev               10880  1 
tsdev                   7456  0 
tuner                  45132  0 
saa7134               105984  0 
video_buf              20580  1 saa7134
compat_ioctl32          1408  1 saa7134
v4l2_common             7584  2 tuner,saa7134
v4l1_compat            12292  1 saa7134
ir_kbd_i2c              8108  1 saa7134
ir_common               9380  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
videodev                8960  1 saa7134
psmouse                34664  0 
serio_raw               6916  0 
snd_intel8x0           30172  1 
snd_ac97_codec         83264  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2304  1 snd_ac97_codec
evdev                   8992  2 
snd_pcm_oss            44224  0 
snd_mixer_oss          15904  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                77060  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21636  1 snd_pcm
parport_pc             32336  1 
parport                33000  2 lp,parport_pc
snd                    48384  8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
floppy                 57200  0 
rtc                    12500  0 
intel_agp              21084  1 
agpgart                29864  1 intel_agp
hw_random               5592  0 
i2c_i801                8172  0 
soundcore               9216  1 snd
pcspkr                  3460  0 
i2c_core               19840  4 tuner,saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c,i2c_i801
snd_page_alloc         10024  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp                 39904  0 
pci_hotplug            25020  1 shpchp
ext3                  118152  3 
jbd                    51412  1 ext3
mbcache                 8292  1 ext3
ide_cd                 35936  0 
cdrom                  32304  1 ide_cd
sd_mod                 16608  11 
piix                    9444  0 [permanent]
ata_piix                9988  9 
libata                 53648  1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              124236  2 sd_mod,libata
8139too                25568  0 
ehci_hcd               28168  0 
8139cp                 20896  0 
mii                     5280  2 8139too,8139cp
generic                 4388  0 [permanent]
ide_core              113868  5 ide_generic,ide_disk,ide_cd,piix,generic
uhci_hcd               28048  0 
usbcore               113664  3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal                13320  0 
processor              25640  1 thermal
fan                     4676  0

My sources.list

Code:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060517)]/ etch contrib main 


deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060517)]/ etch contrib main 

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib 
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib 

# deb ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ testing main contrib non-free  
# deb-src ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ testing main contrib non-free  

# deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
# deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 

# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing main 

# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main 

# deb ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 
# deb ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free 

#Limewire:
# deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free restricted 
# deb-src http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free restricted 

#Kaffeine:
# deb http://download.gna.org/praksys/ praksys/ 
# deb http://download.gna.org/praksys/ praksys-testing/ 

deb ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ sid main contrib non-free  
deb-src ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/debian/ sid main contrib non-free  

# deb http://www.gallet.info.free.fr/debian/ from-sid contrib main non-free 

# deb http://debian.oceighty.net/debian/ unstable main 

# deb http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/debian/debian/ testing main contrib non-free  


#  Steve Kemp's repository:

# deb http://www.steve.org.uk/apt/ sarge main contrib non-free 
# deb-src http://www.steve.org.uk/apt/ sarge main contrib non-free

What can i do now??? Anybody know any additional repos?
Somebody help me
Thanks

betrayed · 05-29-2006, 11:22 PM

To be honest you are sort of stuck at this time. nvidia has been promising updated legacy drivers that would work with the newer kernels but that was 7 months ago I don't really think it is going to happen now.

Hitboxx · 05-30-2006, 09:33 AM

WHAT??

OMG that is so sad

BobNutfield · 05-30-2006, 12:41 PM

I have just installed the nVidia 8762 driver with the nVidia installer (did not use the Debian way) and it worked just fine.

Bob

craigevil · 05-30-2006, 01:44 PM

Things like driver issues are one of the reasons I use Kanotix. To install the drivers for my GeForce 5500 card all I had to do was run install-nvidia-debian.sh and everything installed and rebooted automagically.

Of course I don't have one of the newer top of the line cards.

betrayed · 05-30-2006, 05:42 PM

Bobnutfield, it all depends on your nvidia chipset, I am assuming since he is using legacy drivers it is a older card. the new nvidia drivers for the newer cards work fine with the new kernel. It is the legacy drivers that have the issue building against a new kernel. And since the glx part from the new drivers doesn't work with older cards it leaves you stuck.

BobNutfield · 05-31-2006, 03:24 AM

betrayed...thank you for that. I was not aware of that. However, I hardly think of my chipset as new (FX5500 256mb). The card was purchased from a computer fair and I believe this chipset is about 4 years old. I previously used an FX5700 LE (probably the same chipset) and also used the stock nVidia drivers successfully in four other distros (Fedora, Slackware, Ubuntu, Suse). Mepis (which of course is Debian based) also uses the same stock driver.

Don´t misunderstand, I am certainly not arguing. I defer to you better-than-mine-knowledge. I simply offered the information as a suggestion becuase I tried the Debian method and it didn´t work. The stock nVidia installer did.

Thanks again

Bob

KRiSX.cjb.net · 05-31-2006, 04:25 AM

i am just about to install the nvidia drivers, i just had to reinstall as i trashed my last etch installation...

just curious... how can i kill x and switch to the console to install the driver? as i have tried running "init 3" as root in a terminal and it doesn't do anything...

help me please!

nx5000 · 05-31-2006, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRiSX.cjb.net

just curious... how can i kill x and switch to the console to install the driver? as i have tried running "init 3" as root in a terminal and it doesn't do anything...

help me please!

Normal by default under debian, default level=init 2 and init 2 is the same as init 3, so that you can configure it for yourself.

Depending on your session manager, you can do

Code:

/etc/init/kdm stop
/etc/init/xdm stop
/etc/init/gdm stop

BobNutfield · 05-31-2006, 05:16 AM

Hi KRiSX,

In Debian (it has recently been pointed out to me), runlevels 2-5 are the same. To shutdown X in Debian, you need to do the following as root:

/etc/init.d/gdm stop (this stops the gdm service and prevents X from restarting)

Ctrl+alt+backspace shut down X

This is how I installed the nVidia driver.

Hope this helps

Bob

KRiSX.cjb.net · 05-31-2006, 05:25 AM

ah ok.. thanks for that...

i solved it by rebooting into recovery mode... as suggested by the install guide on LQ

rkelsen · 05-31-2006, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betrayed

Bobnutfield, it all depends on your nvidia chipset, I am assuming since he is using legacy drivers it is a older card.

While it isn't new, the NV36 is hardly a "legacy" chipset.

I have the exact same card. With versions of the NVidia driver newer than 1.0-7676, I have problems with resizing & rescaling in different resolutions. Other than that it works perfectly. You have to tell the NVidia installer that you want it to compile a module for you.

Hitboxx · 05-31-2006, 08:59 AM

Hi Guys

Thanks for your insight

Old or not(5700FX) i dont know all i found was an nvidia driver that supported my 2.6.15-1 kernel and installed it to say the least. Now the nvidia installer isnt installing. First it says no module found for my kernel(2.6.16-2), then tries for that ftp site on nvidia, then fails, then wants to build with my kernel sources, fails again, unable to find the sources. Now what?

I got the latest(i suppose) NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8762-pkg1.run file.

Help
Thanks

rkelsen · 06-01-2006, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrikant.odugoudar

then wants to build with my kernel sources, fails again, unable to find the sources.

Have you got your kernel-source (or whatever it is called under Debian) package installed?

Might need to install that.....