[Lilux-help] debian testing / xorg 7.0 / kde 3.5.2 / nvidia

Hi, what with Google Earth out for GNU/Linux, I wanted to give it a decent try using the proprietary NVidia graphics driver instead of the free "nv" driver. After a round of updates, I have my system now on Debian testing, kernel 2.6.16.18 (self-baked), xorg 7.0 (man, that did cost some time to even get there with the nv driver - the box was originally installed with Debian stable several years ago and has seen many upgrades and dist-upgrades), kde 3.5.2 I found out that for the proprietary driver, I needed to specify the modules path to the installer: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8762-pkg1.run --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ I also found that having the "nvidia-glx" and "nvidia-kernel" scripts in /etc/init.d was less than optimal after a reboot - they totally messed up the proprietary driver => reinstall (of the driver). Now, with the nvidia module specified in xorg.conf, when starting X11 I do get the NVidia logo - ok so far. If I run a gnome session, things work out. But, if I run my usual KDE session, or simply kdm, X11 does start up, draws a few things to the screen (say, most of the kdm window, or in the case of the kde session, it does get up to "restoring session"), and then freezes. The mouse pointer still moves, but no keyboard input is accepted, nothing else is drawn to the screen. If I then login via ssh I can kill X11, but do not get back control over the console -> I have to reboot after all. I did try using a totally fresh account with no config files whatsoever around (system defaults only), same effect. Does anyone have an idea what might cause this behavior, and how to fix it? Pointers to TFM are welcome, as long as they are precise enough ;-) Greetings & TIA, Eric (using the free nv driver for now)