Re: nvidia_drv in lib64 folder

[Jo Shields <Jo.Shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Jonathan Lewis wrote:

> On 8/12/05, *Adam Majer* <adamm@zombino.com 
> <mailto:adamm@zombino.com>> wrote:
>
>     Zachary Rizer wrote:
>
>     >--- Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
>     <mailto:lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>>
>     >wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >>Why do it the dirty way
>     >>when the proper way
>     >>exists and is rather easy.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     >It "exists" in experimental.  sid's nvidia packages,
>     >otoh, have been stale since May.  That's unacceptable.
>     > And, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's because all
>     >of the nvidia packages were removed from Debian
>     >because of the removal of non-free?  Unless I had that
>     >wrong, but that was a matter of discussion months back.
>     >
>     >
>
>     1. Non-free was never removed from Debian
>     2. You can get packages not on your mirror from
>        packages.debian.org/ <http://packages.debian.org/><package_name>
>
>     so,
>
>     packages.debian.org/nvidia-glx <http://packages.debian.org/nvidia-glx>
>
>     Now, there is no Amd64 binary packages in experimental, so, grab the
>     sources (see page above)
>
>     cd /tmp
>       then for each of the above,
>     wget <URL>
>
>     http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667-3.dsc
>     http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667.orig.tar.gz
>     http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667-3.diff.gz
>
>     Then do
>
>     dpkg-source -x nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667-3.dsc
>     cd nvidia-graphics-drivers*
>     fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage
>     cd ..
>
>     and you have ALL of the debs ready to install. You'll have to
>     build your
>     own nvidia kernel module (as always) after installing the
>     nvidia-kernel-source package, but that is really not a problem.
>
>
>     Hell of a lot less messy than using the nvidia installer which
>     messes up
>     virtually the entire Xorg installation.
>
>     - Adam
>
>
>
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>
>
> I'm not sure how it works, but Kanotix has a built in script to 
> install nVidia drivers...
>
> I just typed:
>
> install-nvidia-debian.sh
>
> and it did all the work for me. Unfortunately, I'm in windows right 
> now so I'm not sure on the contents of the script, but my other boot 
> option is Kanotix 64 bit with kernel 2.6.11 for AMD64. The only thing 
> it didn't do is configure TwinView for dual monitor support. That's an 
> issue I'm still trying to work out. Kanotix is based on SID, but I 
> THINK the script pulls the nvidia files from nvidia, not a debian 
> repository. (from what I saw watching it install, that's where it 
> seemed to download them from)
>
> ~Jon

Kanotix is designed around the "apt? what's apt?" concept. I've had 
words with the distro's creator before and he Just Doesn't Get It.

The nvidia (and ati) scripts:

* wget the latest installers from the GPU manufacturer
* extract them
* spread filth all over /usr, replacing anything troublesome that gets 
in the way
* make some kernel modules, and manually put them in places

The sad thing is, nvidia-installer ALREADY has this - but at least 
includes an --uninstall option

--Jo Shields