On 12/06/2015, Matthijs Wensveen <matthijs.wensv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 11-6-2015 7:13, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 11/06/2015, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 06/10/2015 03:45 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >>>> On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <n...@ncktsp.com> 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. >> >> > > It might be that you need to generate an Xorg.conf file from scratch. > Make sure to backup any existing configuration file first > (/etc/X11/xorg.conf). You can generate one using the nvidia-xconfig > package: https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Configuration > - Matthijs > >
Hello. As previously mentioned, that wiki web page refers to only Debian 7 and 8, and not to Debian 6, which is the applicable version. I will reboot into Debian 6 (I am currently in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which allows use of the external monitor, and which provided installation of an earlier (v3.3) nvidia driver), and see what I can find in the specified path. -- 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 debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8O8T0y1wH6KMUp3KwKUtqreAzZy5b8Ay=K=egvyvzu...@mail.gmail.com