nvidia

[coyotito]

I tried to install the nvidia driver manually on etch
but xorg sort of refuses to have any of it: tells me the driver does not exist etc.

this used to work.....why does this happen?

I added the module with modconf so it is enabled in the kernel, why doesnt it show up in the x config table and why does the x server refuse to use it?

[bluesdog]

By 'manually', do you mean the Debian way, or by means of the nVidia installation script thingy?

Post your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/preferences (if present), your /etc/modules and /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Also:
What is output of $ dpkg -l nvidia-glxand $ dpkg -l nvidia-kernel*and $ dmesg | grep NVIDIAand, output of $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep NVIDIAOh, yeah.. what kernel are you running? $ uname -r