Re: Nvidia driver -why so hard to install?
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On Monday 28 Apr 2003 3:45 pm, Willem-Jan Meijer wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Hello all,
>
> I just received a set of SuSE cd's from a friend of mine who's now using
> mandrake
>
> So I installed it, and during the installation there was a question about
> wich driver to use for my geforce2 mx. There was also a possibility to
> enable 3d acceleration. I turned it on and finished the installation. When
> I logged in at kde 3.0.5 and started tuxracer to test the 3d capabilities
> IT WORKED :D
>
> I didn't had to compile modules, kernels and all that stuff - it just
> works. It's using kernel 2.4.20, maybe is that te problem in debian ( I
> don't know how to do a kernel upgrade ). I don't like SuSE (too much
> wizards), but it's easy to use nvidia cards - and I like that
>
> But why is it in SuSE 8.1 easy and painless but so hard in debian woody?
It might be because there are two drivers. "nv" which is included with Xfree
and just works and "nvidia" which nvidia provide and which has to be compiled
against the version of the OS that you have installed. (See XF86Config-4 to
see which is being used). If SuSE installed the nv version that is one
possble reason. Otherwise, it may be because the precompiled the nvidia
driver with the version of the kernel they used.
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Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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