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Latitude D800 Debian Linux NVIDIA Driver
I've got a Latitude D800 with NVIDIA Go 4400 64MB and the WUXGA+ (1920x1200).
I'm running Debian w/ kernel 2.6.10-1-686. My XF86Config-4 file seems to work great at 1920x1200 but the problem is the nvidia driver. First I tried using apt to get the nvidia driver from a repository, X errored out when trying to load KDE or gnome. So I uninstalled it and just downloed the self-extracting driver from nvidia.com I was able to install the driver and change my XF86Config-4 to run the nvidia driver, startx and no problems, runs great. If I exit out of X or restart the machine as soon as I start x again it errors out. Says that screen(s) found but no usable configuration, plus it says Fatal Error: No Screens Found. I have to uninstall the driver and reinstall it to run X again. But it will only run one time. I was wondering if any one else had this problem, or if any one had an idea on how to fix it. Thanks! |
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I don't know how to help you, but I followed the instructions here when I installed debian on my 8500 with a 4200 Go:
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debi...tallation.html |
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doing apt-get install for the drivers is a no no
just go to nvidia's page for the drivers. I bet they are in .rpm format then just alien file.rpm and that will convert it to .deb then dpkg -i file.deb. you need to build the module , modprobe it etc.. BUT you need to have kernel sources installed... check nvidia's page for instructions
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Uh.... I'm not sure I got your smiley right... Do you mean it's a no no because you will get newer drivers and more system-specific configuration if you compile them yourself (or whatever you do with the drivers from nvidia)?
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here is a complete how to
http://www.rage3d.com/content/articl...00000000000000
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That's for ati though...
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