2 Questions about my graphics: Using Debian testing and a GForceMX 4000

SonicGT · 02-07-2005, 07:35 PM

OK, so I am new to Debian, but not Linux in general. However, I have 2 very important questions about my display:

1. What, exactly is the file that you can change that allows you to have a larger screen resolution? I need to know this because with the regular configuration Debian gave me the resolution is going up to only 800X600.

2. As mentioned in the topic name, I have a GeForce MX400. However, Debian(as did Fedora when I tried it) does not seem to be using any of it's 3D capabilities. IT's fine in 2D, but even the least detailed 3D is VERY slow, around 5FPS. I'm guessing that I need to download new drivers from NVidia?

Thank you in advance.

comprookie2000 · 02-07-2005, 09:26 PM

Hope this helps

comprookie2000 · 02-07-2005, 09:31 PM

Hope this helps
For nvidia;http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debia...-dri-howto.txt

SonicGT · 02-08-2005, 03:30 PM

Ok, so I was a able to change the screen resolution easily. Also, most of the NVidia driver installion has went well. However, when I entered:

Code:

apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-dev xserver-xfree86

I got this:

Code:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
nvidia-glx is already the newest version.
nvidia-glx-dev is already the newest version.
xserver-xfree86 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nvidia-glx (1.0.5336-8.backports.org.1) ...
invoke-rc.d: initscript nvidia-glx, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-glx-dev:
 nvidia-glx-dev depends on nvidia-glx (>= 1.0.5336-7); however:
  Package nvidia-glx is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-glx
 nvidia-glx-dev
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Please help me yet again! Thank you!

comprookie2000 · 02-08-2005, 03:37 PM

_Sorry didn't see that nvidia-glx didn't get installed,check the log lets see what happened.Do you have the kernel headers installed?I would apt-get install synaptic.

SonicGT · 02-08-2005, 08:09 PM

No, that dosen't seem to be it. I found that the headers are indeed installed, and that my kernel has been installed too. The line that worries me is:

invoke-rc.d: initscript nvidia-glx, action "start" failed

I have reinstalled the nvidia kernel, and the headers are installed too. What shall I do?

comprookie2000 · 02-08-2005, 08:35 PM

exit x and try apt-get -f install

SonicGT · 02-09-2005, 07:01 AM

Sorry, but that didn't make any difference.

comprookie2000 · 02-09-2005, 01:57 PM

Go to the nvidia site and download the new driver,follow the directions,log out of X,if nothing else should get some error messages,when you try to install it.

SonicGT · 02-09-2005, 05:07 PM

OK, so I did as you said, and I did get a few warnings. The one that I think is the problem is that there is no precompiled kernel interface found to match the kernel. It gives me a prompt to go to NVidia's FTP site, but the interface isn't found there. Also, though not the problem, is that I need to disable rivafb. How would I do this? Oh, and the installer does not abort, and it continues installation without caring about the former two problems.

comprookie2000 · 02-09-2005, 05:20 PM

Don't worry about that stuff;now do

Code:

modprobe nvidia

If nothing happens thats good,means nvidia is loaded,next edit XF86Config-4 like it says
here; ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...629/README.txt
then restart x what happens

SonicGT · 02-10-2005, 06:27 AM

OK, I ran modprobe, and nothing happened, which I assume is good. I also went and modified the XF86Config file as told to. However, it STILL fails to initialize the kernel module. The readme said something about the/dev/nvidia device files missing. I don't seem to have any files here, but am unsure of how to get them. Please help me!

comprookie2000 · 02-10-2005, 02:02 PM

Are you sure you are editing the right file,for debian I think it is /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

SonicGT · 02-10-2005, 03:32 PM

OK, I'm starting to think that I'm going off in the wrong direction. I think that the problem is the conflicting rivafb driver installed with the kernel. Could you give me instrucions to turn it off? It has got to be it, for there is no problem except initializing the module, and of course it can't do that because rivafb is conflicting it! This should be it...

comprookie2000 · 02-10-2005, 03:47 PM

The error with Rivafb is common and nvidia will still work,what are the error messages when you startx,look at the file,should be in /var/log/xf86 something,I use xorg so I can't look it up,wish I was using debian now,I could help more,look at the log,If modprobe nvidia doesn't say anything than the nvidia module is fine,for debian you may still need nvidia-glx installed but I dont't think so if you installed the driver from nvidia.