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Re: New video card-what to do ?



On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 23:38 +0100, Niels Rasmussen wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> My system is debian testing (etch) AMD64x2
> 
> I have bought a new video card Nvidia 6200 TC 64 bit 256MB DDR2, which should
> be better than my ATI Radeon X700se, according to several forums, for 3D
> composite rendering.
> 
> Now after what I've read about this, on this list, it should be sufficient to
> do the following:
> 
> 1. Change the video card
> 2. boot and kill X + running openGL daemons
> 3. aptitude > install:
> - nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64
> - nvida-glx
> - nvidia-glx-ia32 for 32 app-support
> - nvidia-settings
> - nvidia-xconfig
> 4. Reboot
> 
> Is this the way to do it ??
> 
> I haven't done this before, so every help are appreciated :)

Typical setup also includes some form of:

        dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg

Select the proper settings, and restart X. 
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