Re: KDE 4 Issues with Nvidia Card

[Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>]

Alle domenica 21 giugno 2009, Edson Marquezani Filho ha scritto:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 19:05, Federico Brega<charon.66@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've got this issue too. I'd like to compile nvidia module following
> > the Debian way, so I use module-assistant to not install the nvidia
> > driver every time a switch to another kernel version.
> > Is there a way to do something like that on a newer driver?
> > Thanks
> > Federico
>
> As far as I know, there's no way to avoid recompiling third-part
> modules every time you change your kernel. Even using module-assistant
> you have to do this, don't you? (Actualy, It makes no sense not have
> to, just because a binary module is directly associated to an
> individual kernel).
>
> All the times I have switched to another kernel, I had to recompile
> modules that don't come with it by default.

Probably Federico was referring to the uninstallation of the other kernel modules and re-
installation of the glx components, alongside the usual compilation of the module itself, 
performed every time by the nvidia installer if you don't use special options at the CLI. 
Indeed module assistant and the Debian way are simpler than the standard nvidia way.