Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-06-02 Thread Jonathan Pearce
Now I've got a new weird problem. The NVIDIA TLS links are not being created on boot. X refuses to start; it crashes on the Loading GLX line. When I do invoke-rc.d nvidia-glx force-reload; invoke-rc.d gdm restart, X starts successfully. Where do I check to make sure that /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx i

Re: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-05-31 Thread Pearce, Jonathan D
Using the developer's repository worked for me after a couple of reboot/apt-get cycles. Thanks, Stephen. Sincerely, Jonathan

Re: [Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 15:06 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 30 May 2006 14:28, Owen Heisler wrote: > > > Arrgh When will I finally start remembering to change the recipient > > when I reply to a message?! > > You don't have to. Hit reply-to-mailing-list instead. Oh! Thanks. Now if o

Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-05-30 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 16:03, Owen Heisler wrote: > Arrgh When will I finally start remembering to change the recipient > when I reply to a message?! Why don't Debian lists change the > "Reply-To"? > Use an email client which knows how to handle mailing lists. I for one shifted from thunderbi

Re: [Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 14:28, Owen Heisler wrote: > Arrgh When will I finally start remembering to change the recipient > when I reply to a message?! You don't have to. Hit reply-to-mailing-list instead. > Why don't Debian lists change the > "Reply-To"? Never, Reply-To is a user field, not

Re: [Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Derek
My bad,I always forget to send the reply to the list.On 5/30/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ooops.  I was putting these two back on-list, they're both from Derek.On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 16:29 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > The new driver works fine too.>> On 5/30/06, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Owen Heisler
Ooops. I was putting these two back on-list, they're both from Derek. On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 16:29 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > The new driver works fine too. > > On 5/30/06, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just looked on the nvidia site,there is a new driver(8762). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

[Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Owen Heisler
The new driver works fine too. On 5/30/06, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just looked on the nvidia site,there is a new driver(8762). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Owen Heisler
I just looked on the nvidia site,there is a new driver(8762). On 5/30/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 11:09 -0700, Jonathan Pearce wrote: > I have used Andrew's Debian-nVidia HOWTO with success in the past. > The problem is that the nvidia-glx package is not avail

Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-05-30 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 11:09 -0700, Jonathan Pearce wrote: > I have used Andrew's Debian-nVidia HOWTO with success in the past. The > problem is that the nvidia-glx package is not available on testing at > this time. I can't use the unstable nvidia-glx package, because the > unstable package depends

Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-05-30 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 13:12, Jonathan Pearce wrote: > I am running etch. I installed the legacy nvidia driver to work around > a bug with the 8178 release. I am ready to move back to the current > version, but I can't sort out the situation with the etch & the nvidia > drivers. > > Some googling t

Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-05-30 Thread Jonathan Pearce
I have used Andrew's Debian-nVidia HOWTO with success in the past. The problem is that the nvidia-glx package is not available on testing at this time. I can't use the unstable nvidia-glx package, because the unstable package depends on xorg 1.7.0. Is there a workaround, or should I bite the bull