Re: OT: new Nvidia drivers released
Yes, the Nvidia driver _needs_ Xfree 4.
I don't know for sure about running X4 w/ potato, but I think that at
least some packages will need to be upgraded, browse the archives I think
I heard things about it...
Anyway, if you're ready for a big update the debian way is to point
apt-get to testing and to
apt-get task-x-window-system-core
which should download and set everything up fine.
The one problem I had was that /usr/bin/X11/X didn't point to
/usr/bin/X11/XFree86 , but was rather the old executable 3.3.6
I'm not sure that it has been settled, so I mention it in case startx acts
funny.
Good Luck,
Romain
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Dr. Aldo Medina wrote:
> Romain Lerallut wrote:
> >
> > I had problems with sending mails yesterday so I'm re-sending it.
> > My apologies if it _did_ get through the first time
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >
> > Hi all !
> >
> > I saw a post questioning about Nvidia drivers,and debs.I have not seen any
> > .debs of Nvidia's drivers, but the new tgz ones from www.nvidia.com work
> > like a charm. (new = January 18th 2001)
> >
> > INCLUDING WITH KERNEL 2.4 !!!
> >
> > There here:
> > http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
> >
> > the FAQ is quite good , so you shouldn't have any problem getting X to
> > work with the Nvidia driver.
> >
> > For compiling OpenGL stuff, like Kristian Rink said a while ago,
> > check out the Howto for Nvidia and OpenGL there:
> > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/index.html
> >
> > May ye all have fun with accelerated X,
> > Romain
>
> I believe this drivers are for XFree 4, how can I use them with a potate
> system?. Or is there any painless way to upgrade to XFree4
>
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