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Hi!
I had installed nvidia driver legacy on etch , changed xorg.cong from "nv" to "nvidia" and was loading fine on kernel 2.6.18-4-686
Trying with kernel 2.6.18-5-686 and 2.6.21-686(lenny), x doen't start not finding nvidia and I have to go back to nv in order to startx with a different kernel than 2.6.18-4
This is happening similar on 3 different pc which have nvidia cards
The installation run fine anytime and no output error until I reboot.
Is it a link problem?
Thanks for any help
Ciao
Emanuele
debian etch 4.01r
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Originally Posted by emamarro
Hi!
I had installed nvidia driver legacy on etch , changed xorg.cong from "nv" to "nvidia" and was loading fine on kernel 2.6.18-4-686
Trying with kernel 2.6.18-5-686 and 2.6.21-686(lenny), x doen't start not finding nvidia and I have to go back to nv in order to startx with a different kernel than 2.6.18-4
This is happening similar on 3 different pc which have nvidia cards
The installation run fine anytime and no output error until I reboot.
Is it a link problem?
Thanks for any help
Ciao
Emanuele
debian etch 4.01r
did you reinstall the driver with each kernel upgrade?....
your driver is legacy. it means old. you need new ones.
I think, firstly you uninstall all nvidia drivers with this command:
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
and try it again.
I got an error like this, my reason was some sourcelist which is not for etch. check it!
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