xfree86 problem

deadhead · 11-12-2003, 08:06 PM

Hello world,
i just installed woody and tried to startx but it gives me an error no screens found.i figured it was because th nv driver i had chosen does not support gforce 4. so i changed it to vesa. still the same. any solutions?
also, I want to know wether there is any way of listing the individual packages on a deb cd.......

ToniT · 11-16-2003, 09:53 AM

Install the nvidia-kernel-src package and see the documentation in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-src/ directory to get started.

I have never used cds, but 'apt-cache policy package' probably shows where the package in question can be located (it does in network case). To find out what packages are in the cd, you can either mount the cdrom and look, or grep the package lists. Something like

Code:

grep '^Packgage:' /var/lib/apt/lists/something_here_binary_i386_Packages

HappyTux · 11-16-2003, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by deadhead
Hello world,
i just installed woody and tried to startx but it gives me an error no screens found.i figured it was because th nv driver i had chosen does not support gforce 4. so i changed it to vesa. still the same. any solutions?
also, I want to know wether there is any way of listing the individual packages on a deb cd.......

To check what you have installed for X use dpkg -l | grep 4.1, here's what I have installed for X 4.3:

Code:

HappyTux:/home/stephen# dpkg -l | grep 4.3
ii  libdps1        4.3.0-0ds4     Display PostScript (DPS) client library
ii  libident       0.22-2.2       simple RFC1413 client library - runtime
ii  libpcre3       4.3-3          Philip Hazel's Perl 5 Compatible Regular Exp
ii  libreadline4   4.3-8          GNU readline and history libraries, run-time
ii  libxaw7        4.3.0-0ds4     X Athena widget set library
ii  svgalib1       1.4.3-15       Console SVGA display libraries (for libc5)
ii  svgalibg1      1.4.3-15       Console SVGA display libraries
ii  xbase-clients  4.3.0-0ds4     miscellaneous X clients
ii  xfonts-100dpi  4.3.0-0ds4     100 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-100dpi- 4.3.0-0ds4     100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 106
ii  xfonts-75dpi   4.3.0-0ds4     75 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-75dpi-t 4.3.0-0ds4     75 dpi fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 1064
ii  xfonts-base    4.3.0-0ds4     standard fonts for X
ii  xfonts-base-tr 4.3.0-0ds4     standard fonts for X (transcoded from ISO 10
ii  xfonts-scalabl 4.3.0-0ds4     scalable fonts for X
ii  xfree86-common 4.3.0-0ds4     X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii  xfs            4.3.0-0ds4     X font server
ii  xlibs          4.3.0-0ds4     X Window System client libraries
ii  xlibs-data     4.3.0-0ds4     X Window System client data
ii  xlibs-dev      4.3.0-0ds4     X Window System client library development f
ii  xserver-common 4.3.0-0ds4     files and utilities common to all X servers
ii  xserver-xfree8 4.3.0-0ds4     the XFree86 X server
ii  xutils         4.3.0-0ds4     X Window System utility programs

I believe you will have to install at least X 4.2 to get support for the newer Nvidia cards or get the new driver from the Nvidia site and compile that. To get X 4.2 for woody go to http://www.apt-get.org and search for xfree86 to get the line you need for the backport for woody to put in your sources.list.

leonscape · 11-16-2003, 08:13 PM

I've got a webpage about this here Nvidia-HowTo Its the cleanest and easiest way to get it all working properly.