I have two Sid systems with NVIDIA driver 280.13 installed with sgfxi. Both wouldn't load X after the upgrade (xserver-common, xserver-xorg-core) to 1.11.0.
I had to downgrade to version 1.10.4 from testing.
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secipollaPosts: 1,228
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Last edited by secipolla on 29 Aug 2011, 14:08, edited 1 time in total.
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anticapitalista
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#2
Yes, users should be careful when upgrading.
I had to add this to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
This is my inxi -G
I had to add this to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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Section"ServerFlags"
Option "ignoreABI""true"
EndSection
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$ inxi -G
Graphics: Card: nVidia G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] X.Org: 1.11.0 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1280x1024@50.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce 8400 GS/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 285.03
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secipollaPosts: 1,228
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#3
Works, thanks!
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afab4Posts: 279
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#4
For some reason adding the line in my xorg.conf did not work.
I had to downgrade to the Testing versions as secipolia suggested.
Back in business! __{{emoticon}}__
I had to downgrade to the Testing versions as secipolia suggested.
Back in business! __{{emoticon}}__
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anticapitalista
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#5
The 'fix' I posted sort of works (random 'bleeding' of graphics), so in the end I also downgraded to Testing versions.
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secipollaPosts: 1,228
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#6
I would just like to add that I have the 280 driver installed in a GNOME 3 system and the 285 in a KDE system with some effects enabled (the default ones). All is working, at least apparently, perfectly (with xserver 1.11.0).
This may be due to the fact that I have probably the most basic card supported by these drivers, a GF 6200.
As an interesting tip, GNOME 3 has built-in desktop recording and it works surprisingly well in this old PC. Much better than recordmydesktop ever did (and actually better than the same GNOME 3 feature in Fedora).
Here's a tiny 4 or 5 s video:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.sendspace.com/file/okk9ir"
linktext was:"http://www.sendspace.com/file/okk9ir"
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This may be due to the fact that I have probably the most basic card supported by these drivers, a GF 6200.
As an interesting tip, GNOME 3 has built-in desktop recording and it works surprisingly well in this old PC. Much better than recordmydesktop ever did (and actually better than the same GNOME 3 feature in Fedora).
Here's a tiny 4 or 5 s video:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.sendspace.com/file/okk9ir"
linktext was:"http://www.sendspace.com/file/okk9ir"
====================================
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DeepDayzePosts: 173
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#7
The latest NVIDIA 285.05.09 driver works fine if installed via sgfxi and no hacks needed
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kernelpanic!Posts: 6
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#8
after fiddling around with various drivers, the added section"ServerFlags" did the trick for
me too, thanks vor the tip.
however the new 280.13.really.275.36-1 in the repos also works now with xserver 1.11. on
my system. running nvidia-xconfig adds the lines"ServerFlags" automatically to xorg.conf,
so you don`t have to do this by hand anymore.
me too, thanks vor the tip.
however the new 280.13.really.275.36-1 in the repos also works now with xserver 1.11. on
my system. running nvidia-xconfig adds the lines"ServerFlags" automatically to xorg.conf,
so you don`t have to do this by hand anymore.