On 11/06/2015, Ric Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/10/2015 03:45 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Oops, forgot to cc in the mailing list. >>> >>> - Nick >>> >>> On 06/10/2015 09:19 PM, Nick T. wrote: >>>> Install build-essential it should contain all the packages necessary >>>> to install the driver. >>>> Also you might want to install dkms if you don't want to reinstall the >>>> driver after every kernel update. >>>> >>>> - Nick >>>> >> >> >> Thank you for that. >> >> The driver installation appears to have subsequently succeeded. >> >> However, after rebooting, the system still does not see the external >> monitor (using System -> Preferences -> Monitors), and > > I don't think that will work. Try using nvidia-settings. > >
As I had said, xwindows now no longer works on the system. What do I need to do, at the command line level, to get xwindows operable on the system? In the circumstances, it appears to be a congiuration or settings issue. Or, despite the information on the nvidia web site, perhaps the driver simply does not work with Debian 6. I note that the gcc version issues showed that the gcc version applicable to the driver, appeared to be an earlier version (4.3, I think) than the installed version when I installed gcc (4.4, I think) (but the discrepancy appeared to have been overcome in the procedure that I followed), indicating (I believe) that Debian 6 should not be a version to early for thenvidia driver. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8pem9e2yxenqzv6qwwetwpd9moqogaq6oeovmsqogi...@mail.gmail.com
