Re: Sound and Vision - Problems with my computer speakers and video drivers

2014-09-13 Thread Doug
;d like to upgrade my video drivers (for playing some games on Steam). I've got an NVIDIA GF108M (NVS 5400M) and tried to run # aptitude install lib-gl1-nvidia-glx:i386 (Having previously set up i386 architecture) And, after restarting my computer, my OS would not load. I ended up r

Sound and Vision - Problems with my computer speakers and video drivers

2014-09-13 Thread Paul Anzel
Hello everyone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYEOlxcirX0 I'm having two technical issues trying to get Debian (Jessie) set up running on my Lenovo T430 laptop, and I wanted to ask if someone would be able to help me out with either. 1. I'd like to upgrade my video drivers (for pl

Re: Multiple Video Drivers

2014-09-12 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 01:50:06PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > Had my old 32-bit configuration lilo boot-selectable between Nouveau and > Nvidia > drivers using nomodeset command. An init script detected presence or absence > of nomodeset, and exchanged xorg.conf files, was set to be run before

Multiple Video Drivers

2014-09-12 Thread David Baron
Had my old 32-bit configuration lilo boot-selectable between Nouveau and Nvidia drivers using nomodeset command. An init script detected presence or absence of nomodeset, and exchanged xorg.conf files, was set to be run before any Xorg. My new 64bit has the defaulted Nouveau which is just fine f

Re: jessie and new asus with i7 and gtx850m video drivers

2014-09-02 Thread Devrin Talen
Hi jessie user, Is it an option to try out the current stable release (Debian wheezy) and see if you're at least able to function with that? Or have you tried that already? It's not unheard of for stability to take a step backwards for a while on the testing and unstable branches for a while unt

Re: AMD/ATI video drivers in Squeeze

2012-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
32-bit PAE kernels only enable access to more RAM than 3.75GB, while 64-bit kernels can use a 64-bit bus for all the IO work. So since you seemingly are not comfortable with the FLOSS driver's 3D acceleration, it might be, that for your needs, 64-bit will be faster. The driver not only need to fit

Re: How do fixes/improvements to video drivers get rolled out in Squeeze?

2011-05-25 Thread Brian
Mark gmail.com> writes: > Hi,The Intel 855GM chipset performance has unfortunately taken a step or two > backwards from Lenny to Squeeze based on my experience and what I've read in > the bug reports and various forums. Specifically, on-line video streaming > becomes choppy after 3-4 minutes on

Re: How do fixes/improvements to video drivers get rolled out in Squeeze?

2011-05-24 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 23 May 2011 22:56:30 -0700, Mark wrote: > The Intel 855GM chipset performance has unfortunately taken a step or > two backwards from Lenny to Squeeze based on my experience and what I've > read in the bug reports and various forums. Specifically, on-line video > streaming becomes choppy a

Re: How do fixes/improvements to video drivers get rolled out in Squeeze?

2011-05-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Mark wrote: >That being said, how does performance get improved within a >given stable release? Can I hope for an update to help improve it at some >point within the life of Squeeze? From : Suite update policy stable Fast response f

How do fixes/improvements to video drivers get rolled out in Squeeze?

2011-05-23 Thread Mark
Hi, The Intel 855GM chipset performance has unfortunately taken a step or two backwards from Lenny to Squeeze based on my experience and what I've read in the bug reports and various forums. Specifically, on-line video streaming becomes choppy after 3-4 minutes on the same websites that Lenny had

Re: Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)

2010-09-21 Thread Angus Hedger
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:14:20 +0200 Matteo Riva wrote: > Ah yes, removing xserver-xorg-video-all solved it, thanks. Glad to hear it, I have always found xorg to have the most, sensitive dependencies ;) -- Regards, Angus Hedger Debian GNU/Linux User PGP Public Key 0xEE6A4B97 signature.a

Re: Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)

2010-09-21 Thread Matteo Riva
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Angus Hedger wrote: > Seems the last update broke some of the drivers, I would remove > xserver-xorg-video-nsc, xserver-xorg-video-nsc, xserver-xorg-video-all, > and reinstall xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd or xserver-xorg-video-ati > (the newer driver that has repl

Re: Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)

2010-09-21 Thread Angus Hedger
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:19:30 +0200 Matteo Riva wrote: > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: > >>   fglrx-driver: Conflicts: nvidia-glx but 195.36.24-4 is to be > >> installed. xserver-xorg-core: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-2 which > >> is a virtual package. Breaks: xserver-xorg-vide

Re: Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)

2010-09-21 Thread Matteo Riva
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Angus Hedger wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:36:50 +0200 > Matteo Riva wrote: > > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >>   fglrx-driver: Conflicts: nvidia-glx but 195.36.24-4 is to be >> installed. xserver-xorg-core: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-2 w

Re: Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)

2010-09-21 Thread Angus Hedger
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:36:50 +0200 Matteo Riva wrote: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > fglrx-driver: Conflicts: nvidia-glx but 195.36.24-4 is to be > installed. xserver-xorg-core: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-2 which is a > virtual package. Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-cyrix (<=

Help me understand these dependencies (xorg/video drivers)

2010-09-21 Thread Matteo Riva
Debian testing installation. An aptitude dist-upgrade today results in: The following packages have unmet dependencies: fglrx-driver: Conflicts: nvidia-glx but 195.36.24-4 is to be installed. xserver-xorg-core: Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-2 which is a virtual package. Break

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-03 12:26, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: [snip] I didn't have to do the symlink that Ron mentions, but maybe mesa didn't get updated. It will, though, it WILL. BTW God does not Intend you to boot straight into the console, He Intends you to have multiseat systems. Die infidel scum!

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-04-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-03-30 10:10, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by other distributions I should only use their res

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Andreas Weber
Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues. Actually I can't confirm that, using the Nvidia installer for quite a long time now. My experience is more like 'a walk in the park' to install it. Very easy, even if rollbacks are needed, eg. at the moment when 195

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-30 15:29, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: [snip] The wiki article I linked to in the first page gives a short comparison of the debian way vs. the nvidia way. There is also a matter of support. I can not speak for the list, but on IRC the Nvidia installer is not supported. In general, if you

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Lisi wrote: >> This is basically what Jordan means by "upstream" in this context - the >> drivers supplied by nVidia.  Note that Jordan's advice is contradicted by >> Ron.  "You pays your money and you takes

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Lisi wrote: > This is basically what Jordan means by "upstream" in this context - the > drivers supplied by nVidia.  Note that Jordan's advice is contradicted by > Ron.  "You pays your money and you takes your choice." ;-) OK so I guess it's just personal preferen

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 30 March 2010 20:26:15 Carlos Mennens wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues. > > [snip] > > I guess I am not familar with upstream. Is that the same as Squeeze / > Sid? I basically am just wonderi

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Carlos Mennens
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues. In debian we > use module-assistant to install things such as this. You can find a > detailed guide specific to nvidia drivers here: > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-30 10:10, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by other distributions I should only use their respected package manag

Re: Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: > For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for > installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by > other distributions I should only use their respected package manager > to use the nvidia drivers listed in t

Installing Video Drivers Manually

2010-03-30 Thread Carlos Mennens
For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by other distributions I should only use their respected package manager to use the nvidia drivers listed in their repository and avoid using the binary I downloaded from nVid

Re: Avoiding install of ALL X video drivers

2009-04-19 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> You can uninstall xserver-xorg-video-all and all unused drivers as long > as you keep at least one package that provides "xserver-xorg-video-2". > The same holds for xserver-xorg-input-all and the individual input > drivers. i'd rather not install in the first place, which is what i'm trying now

Re: Avoiding install of ALL X video drivers

2009-04-04 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 12:40:40 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Greets, > > When installing X (basically apt-get install xserver-xorg or, what i > usd just now, apt-get install xfce4) in depends on ALL the input and > output drivers it can find. I only have one graphics card and the > keyboard+mou

Avoiding install of ALL X video drivers

2009-04-04 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Greets, When installing X (basically apt-get install xserver-xorg or, what i usd just now, apt-get install xfce4) in depends on ALL the input and output drivers it can find. I only have one graphics card and the keyboard+mouse are probably provided by one input driver. Are there any ways to circu

Re: Install xorg video drivers

2008-10-08 Thread linuksos
you can also go selectively if you do not want to install all of them, try: apt-cache search xserver video On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:56 PM, T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:40:05 +, T o n g wrote: > >>> try 'xserver-xorg-video-all' >> >> $ aptitude install xserver-xo

Re: Install xorg video drivers

2008-10-08 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:40:05 +, T o n g wrote: >> try 'xserver-xorg-video-all' > > $ aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-all No candidate version found for > xserver-xorg-video-all sorry, my aptitude was not properly setup. Thanks for the reply. It works well. -- Tong (remove underscore

Re: Install xorg video drivers

2008-10-08 Thread T o n g
On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:30:45 +1030, Dale wrote: > try 'xserver-xorg-video-all' $ aptitude install xserver-xorg-video-all No candidate version found for xserver-xorg-video-all -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ --

Re: Install xorg video drivers

2008-10-08 Thread Dale
try 'xserver-xorg-video-all' 2008/10/9 T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > What's the meta package that install most xorg video drivers? > > I tried xorg but no video drivers are installed. > Thanks > > -- > Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)

Install xorg video drivers

2008-10-08 Thread T o n g
Hi, What's the meta package that install most xorg video drivers? I tried xorg but no video drivers are installed. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Installing xorg without all those video drivers

2007-08-07 Thread Robert S
I'd like to install xorg, but only with the video drivers that I need. I'm doing a net install. I do it by trial and error, but usually I start from the things I know I need for sure. xserver-xorg-video-intel (replace with your driver) xserver-xorg-vesa (just for backup) xserver-

Re: Installing xorg without all those video drivers

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:39:05PM +1000, Robert S wrote: > I'd like to install xorg, but only with the video drivers that I need. I'm > doing a net install. > > A query on the Debian IRC yielded "painfully, without using the meta package > that pulls them i

Re: Installing xorg without all those video drivers

2007-08-06 Thread Robert S
Then, I go to the xorg meta-package. I scroll down to the things it depends on and I select them manually, and I dig down into the dependancies and adjust things. For example, somewhere there a package will depend on _either_ an -all package or a device-specific package. Left on its own, it will

Re: Installing xorg without all those video drivers

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:39:05PM +1000, Robert S wrote: > I'd like to install xorg, but only with the video drivers that I need. > I'm doing a net install. Here's how I do it: First, I use aptitude interactively. If you haven't used aptitude before, then that's

Installing xorg without all those video drivers

2007-08-06 Thread Robert S
I'd like to install xorg, but only with the video drivers that I need. I'm doing a net install. A query on the Debian IRC yielded "painfully, without using the meta package that pulls them in". Maybe there's a HOWTO somewhere out there that somebody can direct me to

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-21 Thread Pau Capdevila
I recently discovered that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is even better than mailing lists. Give it a try. On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:21:33 -0800, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > >>That problem has been solved. As per someone else's suggestion in this > >>thread, a simp

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Scarletdown
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: That problem has been solved. As per someone else's suggestion in this thread, a simple modprobe nvidia installed the drivers without having to run the nVidia installer. After that, I added nvidia to /etc/modules, and now the drivers load automatically. So that is one

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
> That problem has been solved. As per someone else's suggestion in this > thread, a simple modprobe nvidia installed the drivers without having > to run the nVidia installer. After that, I added nvidia to > /etc/modules, and now the drivers load automatically. > > So that is one task down, a b

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Scarletdown
Pau Capdevila wrote: I just solved this issue removing the package nvidia-glx. Firstly chek the nvidia kernel module loading in /etc/modules That problem has been solved. As per someone else's suggestion in this thread, a simple modprobe nvidia installed the drivers without having to run the

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Pau Capdevila
I just solved this issue removing the package nvidia-glx. Firstly chek the nvidia kernel module loading in /etc/modules cu On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:59:55 -0500, Darryl Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:06:42 -0800, Scarletdown > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just recent

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Darryl Clarke
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:06:42 -0800, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just recently did a fresh install of Debian (Sarge - Net Install and > dist-upgraded to Sid) with Kernel 2.6.9-1-K7. After a bit of hair > pulling, I managed to get the latest nVidia GeForce drivers installed. > However

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Wim De Smet
Have you tried to just modprobe nvidia instead of rebooting everytime around? greets, Wim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Scarletdown
I just recently did a fresh install of Debian (Sarge - Net Install and dist-upgraded to Sid) with Kernel 2.6.9-1-K7. After a bit of hair pulling, I managed to get the latest nVidia GeForce drivers installed. However, every time I reboot I have to reinstall the drivers, and then manually run g

Re: nvida video drivers

2004-04-20 Thread CiAsA S'Nuey Boark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday April 20 2004 09:40 pm, Christopher J. Noyes wrote: > I was just told that there is a new driver for NVidia Geoforce video cards. > go to www.nvidia.com. it is supposedly hardware accelerated and has support > for the 2.6 kernel. Christopher

nvida video drivers

2004-04-20 Thread Christopher J. Noyes
I was just told that there is a new driver for NVidia Geoforce video cards. go to www.nvidia.com. it is supposedly hardware accelerated and has support for the 2.6 kernel. Christopher J. Noyes

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Raiz_mpx
> From: Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Today 03:38:30 > > I managed to manually compile the drivers.  Now, when I go to set up >my >video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose >from. >Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX.  So the >question t

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread John Stevenson
I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX. So the question to anyone here who also uses this card... Which one do I select from the

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread John Stevenson
Scarletdown wrote: > I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) > -> Building kernel module: > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make nvi

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Johann Koenig
On Monday December 22 at 01:38am Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up > my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose > from. How did you end up like that? Nvidia's driver is what they call 'unified,

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 22, 2003 04:50 am, Scarletdown wrote: > David S wrote: > > Scarletdown wrote: > >> I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from > >> nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of > >> my v

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Scarletdown
I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX. So the question to anyone here who also uses this card... Which one do I select from the

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Scarletdown
David S wrote: Scarletdown wrote: I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) Here is what the log file showed after the drivers failed to install... n

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Dobai-Pataky Balint
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 08:49, Scarletdown wrote: > I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from > nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my > video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) > > Here is what the log file showed afte

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread David S
Scarletdown wrote: I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) Here is what the log file showed after the drivers failed to install... nvidia-installe

Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-21 Thread Scarletdown
I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) Here is what the log file showed after the drivers failed to install... nvidia-installer log file '/var/

Re: Video Drivers

2001-05-08 Thread John Galt
X4 (woody+): xserver-XFree86 X3 (potato): xserver-S3V It's in main, so no additional location is needed. Just apt-get install xserver-s3v On Mon, 7 May 2001, Jim Darrough wrote: >Hello. > > I have and S3 Virge card (Diamond Stealth 2000) and would like to >know how to install the pro

Re: Video Drivers

2001-05-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:48:42PM -0700, Jim Darrough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello. > > I have and S3 Virge card (Diamond Stealth 2000) and would like to > know how to install the proper XF86 server/driver. And where I can locate > it with apt-get. For XFree86v4, I believe ther

Re: Video Drivers

2001-05-08 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> Hello. > > I have and S3 Virge card (Diamond Stealth 2000) and would like to > know how to install the proper XF86 server/driver. And where I can locate > it with apt-get. It depends which X you have. in stable, you'll have to use either SVGA server, or S3 (I'd use xserver-svga). In

Video Drivers

2001-05-07 Thread Jim Darrough
Hello. I have and S3 Virge card (Diamond Stealth 2000) and would like to know how to install the proper XF86 server/driver. And where I can locate it with apt-get. Thanks! Jim Darrough, ARS KI7AY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ki7ay.com