Re: a Debian nvidia howto
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On Tuesday 26 November 2002 4:04 am, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:54:29 -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <ke6sls@cox.net>
wrote:
> > I have searched (Google & these archives) for several hours seeking a
> > debian specific howto for nvidia drivers. I found some rather stale
> > stuff, but nothing specific to Debian stable (Woody). I searched
> > debianplanet and debianhelp too.
> >
> > I have attached a small piece of the nvidia readme. What I would like to
> > know is if there is a better way other than "make install".
> >
> > Should I forget about trying for a debian way and just follow the readme?
> >
> > What about removing mesa (mesag3-glide2)? If I were to remove this, apt
> > will simply remove everything related to x (second attachment):
> > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 172 to remove and 0 not
> > upgraded.
> >
> > Tips would be very helpful. If possible, please CC me in your replies.
>
> I did this once. You will need the packages
>
> nvidia-glx-src - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
> nvidia-kernel-src - NVIDIA binary kernel module
>
> You'll need to know a little bit about kernel compilation, and
I don't know why - I used these packages to build .debs for the driver modules
by just downloading the kernel-headers package that corresponds to the debian
binary kernel that I have installed (2.4.19-k7). Once you have installed
these two packages /usr/share/doc/<package name> gives full instructions on
what to do next.
Follow what it says and get perfect working nvidia modules.
You have to remember to change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to use driver nvidia
rather than driver nv in the appropriate section.
- --
Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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