Re: nvidia drivers
I agree here. When I build a kernel I:
install kernel
reboot off new kernel
log in a root
cd /usr/src/NVidia/nvidia*glx*<latest>
make install
cd /usr/src/NVidia/nvidia*kernel*<latest>
make install
and it's good to go. That simple
Thus spake Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen (ken@fiona-victor.com):
> Subject: Re: nvidia drivers
> From: Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen <ken@fiona-victor.com>
> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5
> Date: 16 Oct 2002 18:19:02 +0200
> X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/239270
>
> On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 17:16, Gianfranco Berardi wrote:
> > I downloaded the newest drivers from nvidia and installed them.
> > As far as I can see, it runs fine. I have a Woody system with the 2.4.18
> > kernel.
> > Recently I tried to add USB support, but borked my system.
> > I think I have everything working. About the only thing that wasn't
> > working was the nvidia drivers.
> > Should I have apt-get installed them instead? Will there be problems
> > with using something that was not packaged for Debian? Or does using the
> > newer drivers have no effect other than getting the coolest special
> > effects (Quake 3 Arena never looked so nice!).
> > Thanks,
> > Gianfranco
> >
> If you changed the kernel you need to remake and install the drivers
> again. The commercial driver has never failed me. I would never concider
> using the free ones. Opengl support is much much better with the
> commercial ones.
> Kenneth
>
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