Hi Ratti!
--- Joerg Rossdeutscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am Freitag, den 07.10.2005, 15:57 -0700 schrieb Ali
H. Caliskan:
Mike was right about modules-assist, since the new
nvidia-kernel that I compiled manually(make-kpkg
modules_image) works fine with gnome login
manager!
Wow. I had the problem for some weeks under x86 and
nobody could help.
Great not to be alone. :-)
Do you still experience this problem or have you tried
to compile/build the nvidia-kernel manually? I just
wonder if it works with you. What I've learned from my
experiences so far. is that installing nvidia driver,
can bee relatively easy :) I tried to build manually
with my stock kernel but it didn't work, since the
nvidia driver couldn't build. I don't know why but I
followed Andrews
guide(http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html).
However, building nvidia drivers as a kernel module
works fine. I actually did build nvidia 1.0-7676
driver this way, but it was too unstable.
I've discovered funny stuff:
1. When I kill gdm and restart it as root from the
terminal - it works.
Yes, It works with me to, like Mike suggested.
2. Sometimes, when I just want to finish my session,
I am immediately
automatically re-login'ed.
So, the mechanism isn't totally broken. It works
sometimes.
Yes, you might be right, but when you do reboot then
auto-login will not work. When I do a quick
reboot(shutdown -f now) after disabling and enabling
gdm, then it works. However, this differences that
affect the gdm auto login, makes me wanna learn more
about what's going on when you do a normal boot and a
quick boot..
I've found a very simple solution: Don't use the
normal autologin
feature. Use the one that logs in a user after X
seconds. I use 2
seconds and it works. Since I have no second user
this is acceptable and
less work as reinstalling this and that.
I think this is a good solution, since I used this
option as well. But if you change your mind, here is a
easy mini-howto, which will perhaps solve your porlem.
I skipped the 6th step, since I've installed the linux
kernel source. And if you have the kernel source, then
you can build a nvidia module, by typing make-kpkg
modules_image as root in your current linux kernel
directory(ie /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12-1-amd64-k8/)
After that, you can follow the other rest steps and
you'll realize how easy it can be to install the
nvividia driver after all, without module-assist. And
don't forget to load the nvidia driver before reboot!
The nividia howto is can be found here:
http://saraf.web.cse.unsw.edu.au/nvidia-driver-howto.html
Good luck and please share the result! I would like to
know if this works with you as well.
Ali
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