Re: Trouble Installing nvidia-graphics-driver on Etch

[Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>]

> ... X won't start when I finish the
> installation and put
>         Driver "nvidia"
> instead of
>         Driver "nv"
> in the xorg.conf file. At the bottom of this mail is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> file.
> 
> What can I do to install the nVidia-driver properly?

...

I haven't read the installation manual you referenced- you
can do it with just the Debian docs.

The nvidia driver requires a non-DSFG binary module 
that can't be distributed with Debian.  You'll need to
add contrib sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list and
install the nvidia-* packages and read the
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-*/README.Debian* files.

Althernatively you can use the DFSG-free module "nv".  
I use the non-free one myself since it was the only way I
could get full width out of my laptop's 1920x1280 display.

Perhaps others can be more helpful.

Best Regards,

Tony