Re: HP DV9540 laptop AMD64 with nVidia G8400M graphic card will not start in X mode

[Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@bellsouth.net>]

* Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> [2007-08-24 10:20:13 -0400]:

> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 10:14:13AM -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> > I much prefer doing it all myself and
> > understanding where to put every file.
> 
> I used to do my own kernels.  I stopped bothering around 2.6.0 since
> debian's kernels work perfectly and they keep track of the security
> updates, so I have to do less work.  module-assistant and the module
> source packages just work and it only takes me a few seconds of work
> when a new kernel arives from debian.

Maybe I will try it that way next time.
 
> It is always worth learning to use good tools like the ones debian
> provides.  Learning to do things consistently and efficiently is worth
> at least as much as doing everything from scratch (in a usually
> inefficient way).  Learning how the tools work lets you learn from
> people with lots of experience to see how things really can be done.

Good point.  You learn something either way.

Chris

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