Bug#749264: No nvidia-driver working

[Karsten Malcher]

Hello Adrian,

Am 01.08.2014 18:19, schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
>> I don't know how to create an xorg.conf?
> You maybe should have read the Debian Wiki before complaining and
> filing invalid bug reports. It's all there, please have a look at [1].

I understand this - but it is only one point of view.

Fact is that it is impossible to simply upgrade an system without thrown back into an text shell!
(And often you loose the ability for sound and other multimedia too).

This can happen also after an simple upgrade in the same distribution version.
I have installed Linux (Kubuntu and Debian) on the PC's of two normal users.
First they where very happy to get rid of the world of windows terror.
But now both where back to windows because it is unacceptable to get an unusable PC after an simple upgrade!

In jessie im am feeling the same way, because nothing seems to work.
No X, chaotic kernel versions and everything seems to loose in chaos.
Maybe wheezy is the last usable Debian version you can really work with.
After that i am feeling back to the time of "Have a lot of fun" on a text shell.

I hope you will understand what i want to say?
I don't want to criticize your engagement - i want to thank you for your support!
But i am talking about the reasons why Linux have no chance to get an accepted OS to work with.
Is it only intended for server use?

>
>> There where so many changes in the X system an the drivers and as i
>> know it normally runs without any xorg.conf now.
> Yes, and the automatic detection defaults to the open source nouveau
> drivers which are shipped with X.Org which fail to load because you
> also loaded the proprietary nvidia kernel module.
>
> You explitcitly have to tell X.Org to use the proprietary nvidia
> driver, that's all you need in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier     "nVidia proprietary driver"
>      Driver         "nvidia"
> EndSection
>
> That's already enough to get X up and running with the proprietary
> drivers. The rest can be configured using xrandr.

I tried it but it does not work.
Please remember that i set up a new clean installation.

When nouveau is really the intended standard, then we need no modern PC's with 3D graphic cards any more.
In wheezy it is working with all graphic power!

>
> Can I assume the bug report to be invalid and close it?

You can assume that this package is not usable - sorry.
The only chance maybe is to use the original drivers from NVidia.

But the really thing that is needed is that you install Debian and you can run X afterwards without problems.

Cheers
Karsten