Re: nvidia driver
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 02:50:06PM +0100, cbergmann@acm.org wrote:
> You are right, it might have been luck - but I wouldn't call it 'dumb'.
>
> First of all, its no secret which files are installed by the Nvidia installer:
> there is a detailed list with files and destinations in Appendix C of the
> Nvidia Readme.
>
> Second, I have often heard the complaints over broken systems. However, I did
> never observe any of these problems, not even after uninstalling the Nvidia
> driver. An upgrade from Sarge to Etch also worked flawlessly (except the
> Nvidia driver itself, which has to be compiled after the upgrade as it
> depends on the kernel). And updates of XFree or X.Org Debian packages never
> made any troubles.
>
> Of course you are right that "packages are provided for a good reason" - but
> they are not always provided. Sarge is still featuring version 7174, and
> sarge-backports have 8174, compared with the recent 8776 from Nvidia. And
> Etch has no package at all, you have to use the Sid packages. Therefore, I
> will stick with the Nvidia installer simply because in my experience it works
> on Sarge as well as on Etch and Sid, on 32bit as well as on 64bit - and
> because it gives me allways an up-to-date driver.
Sarge is a stable release, and hence will not get ANY updates. That is
how it should be. If backports needs an update, well then I guess
someone should submit one to them.
The lack of updating of non-free/contrib packages in testing does seem
to a major annoyance. I don't understand why this isn't happening.
Maybe someone can enlighten me.
--
Len Sorensen
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