Re: Graphics Drivers (I'm new to Linux)
travis.newton@starcomputing.cjb.net wrote:
> Hello fellow Debian Users!
>
> I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to give
> it a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now, but I
> went ahead and downloaded the net install and got it installed.
>
> However, my previous Linux encounters were just tests and never lasted
> longer than two weeks. My goal is to migrate over to Linux and start doing
> 90% of my work on Linux (the other 10% requires Windows).
>
> But during this migration over, I've hit a brick wall. I need to get my
> NVIDIA drivers installed. I've figured out after 100 searches what to do
> and found a person with the exact same problem as me. I unfortunately lost
> the link, but I did manage to scribble down some instructions.
>
> Here's my problem: I need to get the kernel source to get the NVIDIA
> drivers in. I'm using Debian 3.1, the latest.
>
> Thanks for any help. I've found myself going in circles on the net trying
> to get these drivers installed!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Travis Newton
>
>
Others have pointed out excellent links. In short, here are the steps:
1. Make sure you have nvidia-kernel-common (and I think nvidia-glx).
Just make sure the versions of both are same. On my Testing machine, I have:
ii nvidia-glx 1.0.7174-4
ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-1-686 1.0.7174-4+2.6.15-4
ii nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1
ii nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.7174-4
ii nvidia-settings 1.0+20051122-1
2. as root, do
$> module-assistant auto-install nvidia
(
If you have the required headers, this will go ahead, otherwise it will
suggest you run:
$> module-assistant prepare
first, and then to run
$> module-assistant auto-install nvidia
)
If all goes well, you would have installed the required nvidia kernel
module. then just load the module:
$> modprobe nvidia
and set up your Xorg.conf file accordingly (so that it knows to load
nvidia module) as explained in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz file.
good luck,
->HS
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