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Nvidia driver - Debian way, custom (or not) kernel.

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#151 Post by jongi »

removed all things nvidia, then ran an m-a clean nvidia to be sure.

i now have this working with both custom 2.6.28.9 and 2.6.29
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Re: Nvidia driver - Debian way, custom (or not) kernel.

#152 Post by lurch »

Hi
I upgraded to testing by changing my sources from Lenny to Testing.
I have tried to install the nvidia driver with this How-To and it exits with problem at m-a prepare && m-a a-i nvidia. I do not know how to attach the log printout.
The nvidia-glx install removes xorg.
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Re: Nvidia driver - Debian way, custom (or not) kernel.

#153 Post by milomak »

see below as to where the versions lie

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$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source
nvidia-kernel-source:
  Installed: 190.42-2
  Candidate: 190.42-2
  Version table:
 *** 190.42-2 0
        500 http://debian.mirror.ac.za sid/non-free Packages
        500 http://mirror.giantix-server.de sid/non-free Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     173.14.09-5 0
        500 http://debian.mirror.ac.za stable/non-free Packages
        500 http://debian.mirror.ac.za testing/non-free Packages
        500 http://mirror.giantix-server.de stable/non-free Packages
        500 http://mirror.giantix-server.de testing/non-free Packages
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Re: Nvidia driver - Debian way, custom (or not) kernel.

#154 Post by lurch »

a very quick reply
This is what I get
apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source
nvidia-kernel-source:
Installed: 173.14.09-5
Candidate: 173.14.09-5
Version table:
*** 173.14.09-5 0
990 http://ftp.uk.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
990 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
990 http://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
How does this help?
I am trying to understand this.
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#155 Post by milomak »

you clearly are not familiar with Debian

look at what i posted. stable and testing ARE 173.14.09-5 0. Unstable is the 190 version.

lurch - what about the opening post do you not understand
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#156 Post by lurch »

How right you are!
I am trying to get to grips with Debian perhaps I should have stuck with Lenny but "hey live dangerously2.
The only way to learn is try it and ask questions.
If somebody is good enough to answer and point you in the right direction then say thank you for sharing the knowledge.
I will try again.
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#157 Post by Job »

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apt-get update && apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source module-assistant nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
is returning
E: Couldn't find package nvidia-kernel-source

I am trying experimental portion of the "How to" on the first page of this thread.
Any advice?
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#158 Post by Job »

So I killed xserver. Any way to recover? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org is not working :evil: .
This is squeeze.
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#159 Post by bluesdog »

Currently there is no nvidia-kernel-source candidate in Debian experimental

With only experimental repository in sources.list:

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alj@whimsy:~$ apt-cache search nvidia
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver (experimental)
libvdpau-dev - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (development files)
libvdpau-doc - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (documentation)
libvdpau1 - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (libraries)
xserver-xorg-video-nv - X.Org X server -- NV display driver
alj@whimsy:~$ apt-cache search nvidia-kernel-source
alj@whimsy:~$
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#160 Post by Job »

bluesdog wrote:Currently there is no nvidia-kernel-source candidate in Debian experimental

With only experimental repository in sources.list:

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alj@whimsy:~$ apt-cache search nvidia
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver (experimental)
libvdpau-dev - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (development files)
libvdpau-doc - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (documentation)
libvdpau1 - Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (libraries)
xserver-xorg-video-nv - X.Org X server -- NV display driver
alj@whimsy:~$ apt-cache search nvidia-kernel-source
alj@whimsy:~$
Correct!
So I went with the driver in stable and that killed xserver. I am trying to get back to the xserver but dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org is not working.
Any advice?
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#161 Post by bluesdog »

Job wrote:So I killed xserver. Any way to recover? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org is not working :evil: .
This is squeeze.
Yes, it's normally not difficult to fix X

Does X fail silently?
What error message do you see in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Since you're running testing, It's pretty safe to pull in the nvidia stuff from Sid. Probably safer than mixing it with stable..

If you need more help fixing X, please check the forum for one of many existing threads on X recovery.

Once you have a working X, try the nvidia build again.

I've always built a custom kernel, and then the matching nvidia. It always seems to work better
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#162 Post by Job »

Thank you for your reply. System is all cleaned and Nvidia is up and running. :mrgreen:
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#163 Post by Job »

How do you check that glx is working?
My xorg.conf below

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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder75)  Tue Dec  8 21:04:28 PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
    Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        #Load "dri"
        #Load "GLcore"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
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#164 Post by bluesdog »

Job wrote:How do you check that glx is working?

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aptitude update
aptitude install mesa-utils
glxinfo | grep direct
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#165 Post by BrainCheese »

I have tried this how to and several others on the internet and still getting no luck with the Nvidia driver. I'm about an average user with Linux, probably below average with Debian. I'm running Squeeze and have a 9800 GTX Nvidia board. Here is the error I'm getting. I've tried other things in other posts but still no luck

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/usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
# select which makefile to use.
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/Makefile || true
if [ 6 = 6  ]; then \
	     ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \
	fi
if [  6 = 4  ]; then \
	     ln -s Makefile.nvidia Makefile ; \
	fi
if [ -e patch-stamp ]; then \
	   dpatch deapply-all ; \
	   rm -rf patch-stamp debian/patched ; \
	fi
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template ]; then \
		cp  /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control; \
	fi
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
/usr/bin/make clean SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.32-trunk-amd64/build -C /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/ -f Makefile 
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel//Makefile || true; 	
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel//gcc-check
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel//cc-sanity-check
dh_clean
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
echo "ROOT_CMD = "
ROOT_CMD = 
/usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules binary_modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
# select which makefile to use.
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/Makefile || true
if [ 6 = 6  ]; then \
	     ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \
	fi
if [  6 = 4  ]; then \
	     ln -s Makefile.nvidia Makefile ; \
	fi
if ! gcc-4.3 -v 2> /dev/null  ; then \
	   echo "Compiler gcc-4.3 does not exist on the system" ; \
	   exit 1; \
	fi   
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template ]; then \
		cp  /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control; \
	fi
if [ "x86_64" = "x86_64" ]; then \
		cp /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv-kernel.o.x86_64 /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv-kernel.o ; \
	fi
touch configure-stamp
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
PATCHLEVEL = 6 
Kernel compiler version : 4.3.4
Detected compiler version : 4.3.4
Using compiler gcc-4.3 version 4.3.4
touch /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel//gcc-check
touch /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel//cc-sanity-check
## Main Make ##
IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 CC="gcc-4.3" /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/ -f Makefile SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.32-trunk-amd64/build   KBUILD_PARAMS="-C /lib/modules/2.6.32-trunk-amd64/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel" module;
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=gcc-4.3 -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-trunk-amd64/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-amd64'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 0 modules
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-amd64'
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[2]: *** [module] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make[1]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make: *** [kdist_image] Error 2

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#166 Post by bluesdog »

Check the nvidia build log file located at /var/cache/modass

Are you building for a stock kernel?

What nvidia-kernel-source are you using?

173.14.09-5 won't build correctly against the 2.6.30 kernels

You can safely use the nvidia-kernel-source 190.53-2 from sid, and the matching nvidia-glx driver.

Add Sid non-free deb and deb-src to your /etc/apt/sources.list, but remove it later

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#167 Post by BrainCheese »

That was it. I used Sid for the drivers and everything installed correctly. Thank you very much!!!!!!

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#168 Post by Hadret »

Any luck with nvidia drivers from repositories (or not) and kernel 2.6.33 (experimental, sidux or liquorix)?

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#169 Post by mzilikazi »

Hadret wrote:Any luck with nvidia drivers from repositories (or not) and kernel 2.6.33 (experimental, sidux or liquorix)?
Try this one:

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echo deb http://frickelplatz.de/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/frickelplatz.list
apt-get update
apt-get install frickelplatz-keyrings
apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source
m-a a-i -t nvidia
apt-get install nvidia-glx

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# apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source nvidia-glx
nvidia-kernel-source:
  Installed: 190.53-2+c0.towo.1
  Candidate: 190.53-2+c0.towo.1
  Version table:
 *** 190.53-2+c0.towo.1 0
        500 http://frickelplatz.de sid/non-free Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     190.53-1 0
        500 http://mirrors.xmission.com sid/non-free Packages
     173.14.09-5 0
        500 http://mirrors.xmission.com stable/non-free Packages
        500 http://mirrors.xmission.com testing/non-free Packages
nvidia-glx:
  Installed: 190.53-1
  Candidate: 190.53-1
  Version table:
 *** 190.53-1 0
        500 http://mirrors.xmission.com sid/non-free Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     173.14.09-5 0
        500 http://mirrors.xmission.com stable/non-free Packages
        500 http://mirrors.xmission.com testing/non-free Packages
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#170 Post by TheExplorer »

Excuse me since I'm new on this forum as I have switched from 'evil ubuntu' to debian and loved it really much :)

I used to do the following steps, either with stock or custom kernels in Ubuntu:

Install linux headers and other needed packages like xserver-xorg-dev etc.
Alt+F1
# /etc/init.d/gdm stop
./NVIDIA-xxx.pkg1.run
# /etc/init.d/gdm start

That's it!

Should I really make all these manipulations in order to install official Nvidia driver???
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