On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 03/30/2011 04:28 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 03/30/2011 02:36 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 03/30/2011 08:00 AM, Jason Filippou wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello list, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been running my testing box's graphics through the NVIDIA >>>>>> proprietary driver, downloaded from their website. However, after >>>>>> recent updates, logging into my debian box is only possible through >>>>>> text mode, no X server is started. Whenever I try to install the >>>>>> downloaded NVIDIA driver (I have 260.xxx and 256.xxxx in my home >>>>>> folder) with superuser rights, I receive a SIGTERM signal right after >>>>>> accepting the license. As a result, I can't run an X server. I also >>>>>> have the package nvidia-kernel-dkms in my system, if that helps in any >>>>>> way. >>>>>> >>>>>> Please CC me as I am not on the list. >>>>>> >>>>> Why not get them from directly from Debian? (Though you might have to >>>>> add >>>>> Experimental to get current drivers.) >>>> >>>> I have no reason not to get them from Debian directly. How would I go >>>> about fetching them from Debian? I have included all repositories in >>>> my apt.conf file. >>>> >>> Step one: >>> $ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx >> >> Here's the output: >> >> nvidia-glx: >> Installed: (none) >> Candidate: 260.19.44-1 >> Version table: >> 270.30-1 0 >> 500 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free >> i386 Packages >> 260.19.44-1 0 >> 700 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free i386 >> Packages >> 600 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 >> Packages >> 195.36.31-7 0 >> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> 195.36.31-6 0 >> 650 http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable/non-free i386 >> Packages > > Then it's as simple as: > # apt-get -t testing install nvidia-glx > > -- > "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure > the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally > corrupt." > Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749 > >
Indeed it was, thanks a million. J -- Jason Filippou http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~std06142 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=3YOFjkxkUvq0Gt+ok4FU4dfffXOmO=2o8s...@mail.gmail.com
