Re: Need older nvidia-kernel-source (vers. 180.x.x)
-------- Lennart Sorensen 13:37 Fri 10 Jul --------
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:59:22AM -0300, Erick Tostes wrote:
Until the next xorg upgrade overwrites one of the files and breaks things.
Packages are a much better idea to use.
The nvidia installer is one of those awful things that works fine
initially but will cause a breakage down the road when doing something
seemingly unrelated.
I eventually found that out. But it took a couple of years to happen, and
it only broke on my 64-bit system.
My solution on that system?
Avoid the nvidia driver, and use the nv driver.
It seems faster (for normal desktop work), and it handles dual monitors (two
video cards), though not TwinView.
So, ultimately, my mistake actually turned out to be a benefit.
Though I'm /still/ using the regular nvidia binary installer on my 32-bit
work laptop.
What bugged me more was the latest xorg transition.
Anyway, I hope Debian doesn't get as wrapped-around-the-axle with scripting
the way RedHat did by version 8 (long ago). That's what prompted me to stop
using RedHat.
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