Debian upgrade breaks nVidia support

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 25 16:16:09 UTC 2007


On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 09:49:51PM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> ii  nvidia-glx                       1.0.8776-4                      NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
> ii  nvidia-glx-dev                   1.0.8776-4                      NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x / Xorg driver deve
> ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-4-k7        1.0.8776-4+2.6.18.dfsg.1-12     NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.18

Current 2.6.18 kernel is 2.6.18-5 not -4, so you may have to rerun the
nvidia module building by doing: m-a a-i -t prepare; m-a a-i -t nvidia

> ii  nvidia-kernel-common             20051028+1                      NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
> ii  nvidia-kernel-source             1.0.8776-4                      NVIDIA binary kernel module source
> ii  nvidia-settings                  1.0+20060516-3                  Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv
> ii  nvidia-xconfig                   1.0+20070502-1                  The NVIDIA X Configuration Tool
> 
> ii  xserver-xorg                     1:7.2-3                         the X.Org X server
> ii  xserver-xorg-core                2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-6                X.Org X server -- core server
> ii  xserver-xorg-dev                 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-6                X.Org X server -- development files
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-all           1:7.2-3                         the X.Org X server -- input driver metapacka
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev         1:1.1.5-2                       X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd           1:1.1.0-4                       X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse         1:1.1.1-3                       X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics     0.14.7~git20070517-2            Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86 
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom         0.7.4.1-5                       X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-all           1:7.2-3                         the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-apm           1:1.1.1-7                       X.Org X server -- APM display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-ark           1:0.6.0-6                       X.Org X server -- ark display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati           1:6.6.3-2                       X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-chips         1:1.1.1-4                       X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus        1:1.1.0-3                       X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-cyrix         1:1.1.0-4                       X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-dummy         1:0.2.0-3                       X.Org X server -- dummy display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev         1:0.3.1-1                       X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-glint         1:1.1.1-3                       X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-i128          1:1.2.1-2                       X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-i740          1:1.1.0-3                       X.Org X server -- i740 display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-i810          2:1.7.2-4                       X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-imstt         1:1.1.0-3                       X.Org X server -- IMSTT display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-mga           1:1.4.4.dfsg.1-2                X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic      1:1.1.1-5                       X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-newport       1:0.2.1-2                       X.Org X server -- Newport display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-nsc           1:2.8.2-2                       X.Org X server -- NSC display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-nv            1:2.0.2-1                       X.Org X server -- NV display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-rendition     1:4.1.3.dfsg.1-2                X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3            1:0.5.0-2                       X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge       1:1.9.1-3                       X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-savage        1:2.1.2-5                       X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 1:1.5.1-1                       X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-sis           1:0.9.3-2                       X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb        1:0.8.1-3                       X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx          1:1.3.0-1                       X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-tga           1:1.1.0-3                       X.Org X server -- TGA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-trident       1:1.2.3-1                       X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-tseng         1:1.1.1-1                       X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l           0.1.1-3                         X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-vesa          1:1.3.0-1                       X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-vga           1:4.1.0-3                       X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-via           1:0.2.2-2                       X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-vmware        1:10.13.0-3                     X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo        1:1.1.1-2                       X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver
> >Which nvidia card do you have?
> 
> FX5200
> 
> >Could you include the X log file from /var/log and the xorg.conf file as
> >well?
> 
> The log file is above.
> 
> Here is the xorg.conf:
> 
> 
> # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
> 
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
> 	Driver		"kbd"
> 	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
> 	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
> 	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
> 	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
> 	Option		"XkbOptions"	"esc:nocaps"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
> EndSection

This might be going away some day, since all mice are now handles by
the common mouse interface in /dev/input/mice.  Should still work for
now though.

> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> 	Driver		"nv"
> 	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
> 	Option		"DPMS"
> 	HorizSync	28-49
> 	VertRefresh	43-72
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	Device		"nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> 	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
> 	DefaultDepth	24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		1
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		4
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		8
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		15
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		16
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		24
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier	"Default Layout"
> 	Screen		"Default Screen"
> 	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
> 	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Everything else looks OK.

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Len Sorensen
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