Re: nvidia vs. nv drivers

[dawizz <wwwillem@zonnet.nl>]

Hi,

Funny, but at the same time I want to use a nvidia gforce  6200.
This AGP version is installed on a Asus A7N266-E MOBO and athlon cpu
I'm using debian etch with kernel-image-2.6-k7

So the mailing list is like a huge knowledge base....!!   ;-)

I got results with the following approach...

# The binary nvidia module is available in the debian repositories.  
# Make sure though u have your headers installed...!
apt-get install linux-headers-2.6-k7

# Add "non-free" to your 'deb' line in /etc/apt/sources.list and do, as root:
apt-get update
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a a-i nvidia
#echo nvidia >> /etc/modules
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
/etc/init.d/xdm restart

AND -->>

apt-get install nvidia-glx 
gives no issue, x-window-system is not being removed...
in my configuration I select Driver "nvidia" in etc/X11/xorg.conv
Though Im not sure this is a solution for everyone, I hope it helps.

Installing kdm and kdebase after previous actions, first time got blank 
screen, but after restarting ( eehhh restart.. yes... ) it worked fine.

With regards, Willem Greveling