Re: X on laptop going nuts

[Paul Puschmann <lnx@uzulabs.net>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

sime wrote:
> Paul Puschmann wrote:
> 
>> Try to use the nv drivers for your XFree86 and not the nvidia driver.
> 
> 
> Doing so now.
> 
>> If the problem is gone, try to reinstall your nvidia-binary-drivers.
> 
> 
> I do not believe this to be the problem directly, as I always upgrade my
>  driver with each nvidia release and this has been happening since more
> than a few releases ago.
> 
>> See this document:
>> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html
>>
>> I chose the way via module-assistant and everything works great.
> 
> 
> Haven't tried this method yet, will consider if I find the nvidia
> drivers to be the problem.
> 
> -sime
> 
> 
There is an issue with nvidia and udev, that is used by sarge (on most
machines).

Have a look in google with those keywords: debian nvidia udev

to sum it up: place the entry 'nvidia' (without quotes) in your /etc/modules

And this should work.

Paul

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (MingW32)

iEYEARECAAYFAkJyUssACgkQqErKtBWD7VSC4wCff/V5y3uUcCDlTZAJ73dKJu5i
PEwAnRfGyBRiQrgABGuLCHgd5Tg5Y9au
=w1/o
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----