Re: kde 4.3.4 is building for unstable now ;-) [OT] nvidia-installer Vs m-a
El Sábado 12 Diciembre 2009 21:55:49 Valerio Passini escribió:
> Generally, using nvdia-installer
> when there is an upgrade/revision of the xorg packages, you always need
> to run the nvidia-installer again.
Isn't it the same in the Debian way? I don't use it since 3 years ago, I dont remember, to be honest... But I'm very aware that whenever a udgrade my kernel to a major release I have to reinstall my Nvidia driver as well, which is a "rompipalle" (balls-breaker or whatever they say, in English) thing, yes.
> Ops, I beg your pardon, first you
> need to kill any KDM/GDM/Xorg instance (but don't go to init 1!)
Init 1, why? No, just exit graphical session, re-run the installer and then you can relaunch Xorg
> by default it will remove everything before installing itself
> again and if you have more than one kernel you must specify to NOT
> remove any other kernel driver you might have compiled before.
That's true. I don't use adittional kernels, just keep the the former one for some days when I upgrade to a newer in case this one works badly, then I uninstall the former, but it's true that for people who use sevearl kernels this may be a pain in the ass.
I suppose it's a matter of needs: for users who have fulfilled our necessities with just a kernel from the repos I think reinstalling the driver a couple of times a year is less annoying that all that m-a process.
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