Re: HP DV9540 laptop AMD64 with nVidia G8400M graphic card will not start in X mode
I've installed a amd64 lenny system, and installed just afterwards the
nvidia 100 driver directly from the nvidia installer, with the
2.6.21-2-amd64 kernel. Not a single glitch, everything working fine...
and lightning fast!
Ivan
2007/8/24, 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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