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Re: Graphics cards with Free drivers



On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:08:15PM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
> Thanks, I got it from sid. m-a compiled it all right, but X didn't want to
> find the module. I had to leave for work, I will dig deeper when I get
> home...

Remember to install the nvidia-glx package from Sid as well.  The
version on the module you compile and the nvidia-glx must match.

> You asked in another mail, I am running lenny. Now I have pinned everything
> on lenny, but added sid in my sources, so I can get packages from there too.
> 
> Thanks again for your help!

You might want to add 'nvidia' to /etc/modules to ensure the driver is
loaded at boot.  You can load it manually before starting X by doing
'modprobe nvidia'.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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