[SOLVED] "No screens found" error - Debian 4.0 & Nvidia 9800GTX

**computer_freak_8** · 09-09-2008

I started the thread at
"No screens found" error - Debian 4.0 & Nvidia 9800GTX - LinuxQuestions.org
and am wondering if any of you can help.

Basically, I installed Debian because I kind of like Ubuntu and thought I might give it a try since it is what Ubuntu is based off of.

I keep getting a "No screens found" error. I am using an Nvidia 9800GTX GPU.

I copied a working Xorg.conf file from Kubuntu - one that uses the "nv" (not "nvidia") driver.

Several reboots, with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" somewhere along the way; still no luck.

Thanks,
computer_freak_8

**coopstah13** · 09-09-2008

You will need to install the proprietry driver to get your video to work, the thing about debian is they are all about stability, so the nv driver on your etch isn't supporting such a new GPU

oz · 09-09-2008

Welcome to the forums!

Yeah, I think the nVidia folks started supporting your card back around April of this year, so there should be no problem regarding support.

You can download the official driver directly from their website, but there might be other ways to install it that would be more Debian oriented.

**computer_freak_8** · 09-09-2008

However, as I forgot to mention in this post, but did mention in the post at LinuxQuestions:

I don't have internet without wvdial.

I don't have wvdial installed.

It would take internet to install wvdial...

So I'm you-know-what outta luck! (As far as that part goes...)

(I don't have the necessary development packages to install the nVidia driver.)

Any ideas on how to fix this one?

**coopstah13** · 09-10-2008

you can install wvdial on the command line without X server running

Code:

su
apt-get install wvdial

just make sure you are using the debian etch cd as your software repository

**computer_freak_8** · 09-10-2008

Originally Posted by coopstah13

just make sure you are using the debian etch cd as your software repository

Thanks, this is a great idea, but I don't know how.

Could you please give me a step-by-step procedure?

Thanks for your help,

computer_freak_8

**computer_freak_8** · 09-10-2008

I think I found it.

I'll try

Code:

apt-cdrom add

when I get time too.

I let you know how it works.

Thanks again,

computer_freak_8

**coopstah13** · 09-10-2008

I believe all you have to do is insert the debian install disk and then run

Code:

apt-cdrom add

you must be root to do this fyi

edit: Beat me to it!

**computer_freak_8** · 09-11-2008

Okay, I got wvdial installed, but my wireless USB modem is not recognized!

It appears to go fine through:

Code:

sudo modprobe -r usbserial
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1199 product=0x0023

but when I get to:

Code:

sudo dmesg|grep -i ttyUSB

there is no output - it acts as though I simply pressed [Enter] on a blank prompt line.

When I type:

Code:

sudo wvdial

it says something like
"could not find ttyUSB0" or "no device attached to ttyUSB0"
or something along those lines.

Any ideas what went wrong, or, better yet, how to fix it?

Two more things,

1. I know that wvdial.conf is set up correctly; I copied it from my (working) Ubuntu installation.

2. I am trying to install the "kernel-source" package from the kernel source package; however, I get an error similar to "could not find... but is being referred to by another package... has no installation candidate"

Thanks again!

**coopstah13** · 09-11-2008

I think the package you are looking for is build-essential, that is a meta package that will install all the things you need to compile kernel modules which includes the kernel headers

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