On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 06:28:16AM +1100, zlinw@mcmedia.com.au wrote:
I am just trying to install the NVidia closed src drivers on Debian 7.1 AMD64 and the X server is crashing imediatly after start up below is the final part of the Xorg.log,
which version of the nvidia driver are you using? and where did you get it from? it's probably not the nvidia-kernel-dkms package, as that won't even compile with linux-kernel 3.11 at the moment (not unusual, the proprietary nvidia drivers usually lag behind kernel updated by a few days or weeks). e.g. i just installed linux-image-3.11-1-amd64 and linux-headers-3.11-1-amd64 on one of my system, and the postinst showed this: Setting up linux-headers-3.11-1-amd64 (3.11.5-1) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.11-1-amd64 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.11-1-amd64 (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/325.15/build/make.log for more information. i'll be purging that now, or configuring grub to not boot 3.11 until an updated nvidia-kernel-dkms package is released that will compile against linux 3.11. [...a little later...] correction. nvidia-kernel-dkms 325.15-1 will not compile against linux 3.11. 325.15-2 or later will. i ran 'apt-get -t experimental install nvidia-kernel-dkms' to install 325.15-3 and it compiled OK. i haven't rebooted yet to see if it actually works or not. from the changelog: nvidia-graphics-drivers (325.15-3) experimental; urgency=low * Enable building the new libnvidia-ifr1 package. -- Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org> Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:20:51 +0200 nvidia-graphics-drivers (325.15-2) experimental; urgency=low * Merge changes from 304.108-3 and 313.49 (UNRELEASED). - linux-3.11.patch: New patch to fix compilation with Linux 3.11. (Closes: #722894) * Note: Some features from 313.49 are not yet in 325.15. * Do not build libnvidia-ifr1, yet. -- Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org> Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:01:23 +0200 anyway, the *correct* way to install nvidia closed source drivers on a debian system is 'apt-get install nvidia-driver' - this will pull in the nvidia-kernel-dkms package and other related packages, the X driver (nvidia-glx), and the linux-headers-3.xx package appropriate for your kernel. it will then automatically compile and install the nvidia.ko module and run update-initramfs. any other method, e.g. downloading the binary driver package from nvidia's web site and using their generic installer script, is guaranteed to cause you problems. NOTE: you will need the contrib and non-free repositories enabled in your sources.list. if you want early access to the latest versions of the nvidia-* packages it's also useful to have the experimental repo - but use apt's pinning (or at least set APT::Default-Release to wheezy in /etc/apt/apt.conf) so that you only get packages from experimental when you explicitly tell apt-get to use it (e.g. with 'apt-get -t experimental install ...'). you can do the same for 'testing' and/or 'unstable' (packages from experimental may require versions of other packages from testing/unstable) e.g. i run debian sid aka unstable and have the following in my /etc/apt/sources.list: #deb http://my.local.mirror/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb http://my.local.mirror/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://my.local.mirror/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://my.local.mirror/debian experimental main contrib non-free and in /etc/apt/apt.conf, I have: APT::Default-Release "unstable"; on your system, you'd probably want all four (stable, testing, unstable, experimental) uncommented and pointing at your nearest mirror, and have APT::Default-Release "stable"; this will ensure you only get packages from 'stable' unless you explicitly tell apt-get to install packages from testing or unstable or experimental. apt-get install -t experimental install nvidia-driver craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>