NVIDIA 64 bit + Knoppix64 not working

[klaus2008]

Greetings, DTeCH!

I use a flash install of Knoppix 7.0.5 DVD on an 8 GB CF card. I installed the nvidia driver 313.18 from the experimental branch instead of the installer from the nVidia web site. I booted Knoppix 7.0.5 with the 3.6.11 kernel and established a connection to the internet. Then I opened an LXTerminal and updated the list of packages available on the servers. I decided to install the following packages from the experimental branch: nvidia-kernel-common, nvidia-kernel-dkms, nvidia-vdpau-driver, glx-alternative-nvidia, nvidia-glx, glx-diversions, xserver-xorg-video-nvidia, nvidia-alternative, nvidia-settings, nvidia-xconfig, libgl1-nvidia-alternatives, libglx-nvidia-alternatives, glx-alternative-mesa, libgl1-nvidia-glx, nvidia-installer-cleanup, nvidia-support, libxnvctrl0. The commands I used were

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common/experimental nvidia-kernel-dkms/experimental nvidia-vdpau-driver/experimental glx-alternative-nvidia/experimental nvidia-glx/experimental glx-diversions/experimental xserver-xorg-video-nvidia/experimental nvidia-alternative/experimental nvidia-settings/experimental nvidia-xconfig/experimental libgl1-nvidia-alternatives/experimental libglx-nvidia-alternatives/experimental glx-alternative-mesa/experimental libgl1-nvidia-glx/experimental nvidia-installer-cleanup/experimental nvidia-support/experimental libxnvctrl0/experimental

During the installation process the kernel modules were created for both kernels 3.6.11 and 3.6.11-64. I got two message windows that informed me that I had to reboot and to create a xorg.conf before I could use the new Xserver. Both windows could be closed by pressing the enter key. When I rebooted the system I isssued

knoppix xmodule=nvidia 2

at the boot prompt. In the shell I issued

nvidia-xconfig
init 5

This created a suitable configuration file for the Xserver and switched to runlevel 5 with the LXDE. After the LXDE was running I used the NVIDIA utility from the settings menu to examine the configuration. Since the Xserver worked with the 3.6.11 kernel it was time to try the 3.6.11-64 kernel. Therefore I rebooted the system. At the boot prompt I issued

knoppix64

The 3.6.11-64 kernel was used and the Xserver started as usual.

I hope that helps.

[DTeCH]

Thanks klaus,

Your method works perfectly.