conor_d_wynnedellcom hi probably use whatsoever debhead also problem regards nvidia ive two machines pretty much hardware athlon 1700xps nvidia cards one gforce3 ti gforce2mx use driver module kernel version albeit compiled particular hardware one works perfectly fails load check lsmod see nvdriver loaded used thus startx bombs iu still x default nv driver crappy accelleration 650fps glxgears 2000fps hardware issue cards swapped get symptoms reckon mobo cack ive tried swapping slots around reserving resources etc avail interrupt nv card havent checked box yet regards cw tue 03 dec 2002 mark page wrote running debian woody perfectly well installed nvidia 3d tar packages probably stil kernel glx packages installed problem amended xfree config file appropriately according instructions neither gdm kdm fire returning console screen ie x broken running startx isolated problem failure load nvidia kernel module cding kernel module file rerunning make install get workable xserver fixed x minus preferences would get either gdm kdm honest gui horrible x working get brief nvidia splash screen likely nothing driver able use kdm gdm nvidia xserver exactly change xf86config gdmkdm start followed nvidia suggestion make install sysincludepathtokernelheaders whilst appears install ok upon reboot back console login go reinstall kernel module tried rewriting xf config file original state success well sounds like nvidia kernel module isnt loading boot working quick sbinlsmod look module name something like nvdriver put new line etcmodules order linux load boot modprobe nvdriver load hand make install well reinstalling driver lib etc also get message saying loading nvidia driver taints kernel sense open source problem anyone else encountered best solution rid tar file installations find specific deb packages nvidia driver source woody tree httppackagesdebianorgstablex11nvidiakernelsrchtml aptget install nvidiakernelsrc compile although ive always gone route youre ideally nvidia driver would part kernel day 1 however nvidia open sourced source precompiled object code order work specific kernel must compile kernel headers debian lots potential kernels cant one nvdriver package chosen instead provide source actually dont know theyre permitted distribute binaries nvidias license anyway gavin irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie wed 4 dec 2002 040538 0600 ilug nvidia debian woody