Re: nvidia driver
the nv driver is... substandard on modern cards
the nvidia bundled driver doesnt work on debain
however it is repacked and well maintained.
this is possibly the most frequent question on
this list. so heres a quick summary
build the nvidia driver using module-assistant
m-a prepare
m-a a-i nvidia
make sure "dri" *isnt* enabled in x config file
details are on the amd64 port page
Dean
On Fri, November 3, 2006 10:40 pm, kees wrote:
> Hello folks,
> Although the problem I am talking about is a general debian problem/bug,
> I am
> sending my message to this list, as there seems to be no list adequate
> for this subject and
> the machine I am working on is a amd64.
> The problem is the impossibility to get a working nvidia driver with glx.
> In the past 10 years or so, I never had any problem with my several
> nvidia cards/drivers
> on debian, but now it seems to be impossible to get things right.
> The problem is, that when I compile a kernel with the builtin nv driver,
> I cannot get
> glx, which I need for my work with opengl.
> So I abandoned the builtin driver, but now there seems to be no debian
> package for
> nvidiakernel+glx (I am using etch but the same is true for the other
> releases).
> I tried to install the driver etc. via the *.run file downloaded from
> nvidia, but this
> also did not work (got complaints/errors about not finding the driver
> module, although
> the driver existed and was loaded).
> Although I am no newby (I am working with linux for about 15 years),
> I could have made some stupid mistake. But I have the impression that
> debian is fighting
> a small war with nvidia with the result that the owners of nvidia
> hardware will suffer.
> I hope I am mistaken in this but without a solution I am bound to
> abandon debian
> which I will regret very much after so many years working with this fine
> distribution.
> Therefore I would be very glad to recieve hints/solutions to solve this
> problem.
>
>
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