Debian+5336+2.6.0 = black screen

b165 · 01-31-04, 05:40 AM

Hello,
i've tried to install new nvidia drivers on stable 2.6.0.
First of all installer couldn't find kernel sources.

--kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.0
&
--kernel-name=`uname -r`

helped.

But there was problem with module load (depmod & QM_MODULES)

I've updated module-init-tools (apt-get install module-init-tools) and it helped.

Now I can run the installer without any switches. But I still can't start XWindow system.

In xfree86.log ewerything seems look fine, but after initialization there is black screen with few noise dots in left-upper corner.

I've read forum and driver reinstall (installer --unistall + ...) should help, but for me it doesn't work

Hardware: nforce2 + fx5200.

Please, help

b165 · 01-31-04, 10:15 AM

I've got solution

In /etc/X11/XConfig-4 i've added line:

Section "Device"
Option "NvAgp" "0"

and it works quite fine

But I don't know what it really means. Does it disable Agp advantages?

**zander** · 01-31-04, 10:30 AM

It costs performance; which AGP GART driver did you use, Linux AGPGART or NVIDIA's internal AGP GART driver? In case of the former, it may help to switch to NVIDIA's builtin driver (making sure that Linux AGPGART is neither statically linked into the kernel nor loaded as a module).

01-31-04, 05:40 AM	#1
b165 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	Debian+5336+2.6.0 = black screen Hello, i've tried to install new nvidia drivers on stable 2.6.0. First of all installer couldn't find kernel sources. --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.0 & --kernel-name=`uname -r` helped. But there was problem with module load (depmod & QM_MODULES) I've updated module-init-tools (apt-get install module-init-tools) and it helped. Now I can run the installer without any switches. But I still can't start XWindow system. In xfree86.log ewerything seems look fine, but after initialization there is black screen with few noise dots in left-upper corner. I've read forum and driver reinstall (installer --unistall + ...) should help, but for me it doesn't work Hardware: nforce2 + fx5200. Please, help

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01-31-04, 10:15 AM	#2
b165 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	I've got solution In /etc/X11/XConfig-4 i've added line: Section "Device" Option "NvAgp" "0" and it works quite fine But I don't know what it really means. Does it disable Agp advantages?

01-31-04, 10:30 AM	#3
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	It costs performance; which AGP GART driver did you use, Linux AGPGART or NVIDIA's internal AGP GART driver? In case of the former, it may help to switch to NVIDIA's builtin driver (making sure that Linux AGPGART is neither statically linked into the kernel nor loaded as a module).