Re: More Xorg
On 2010-03-16 17:14 +0100, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 3/16/2010 11:07 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2010-03-16 16:35 +0100, Mark Allums wrote:
>
>>> A real problem is that Debian is not compatible with the proprietary
>>> driver. Routine system maintenance overwrites files and ruins
>>> configurations, requiring reconfiguration. The proprietary driver is
>>> not packaged like a regular Debian package, and is not installed "in
>>> the Debian Way". This has up to now been mostly harmless, but things
>>> could be better.
>>
>> Why not use nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-source from non-free which
>> _are_ available as regular Debian packages? They do not suffer from the
>> problems that you describe here.
>
>
> They suffer from other problems. The main one being that they are
> usually uninstallable. At least, in my experience,
> apt/aptitude/Synaptic refuse to install it.
Because there is usually no pre-built kernel module¹; you have to build
one yourself, e.g. with module-assistant:
# aptitude install nvidia-kernel-source
# m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source
# aptitude install nvidia-glx
Sven
¹ Yes, this sucks.
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