Re: nvidia-glx in experimental
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> On 03/18/07 14:14, Joe Hart wrote:
> [snip]
>> As for the issue at hand, how long does it take to reinstall? I suppose
>> that depends on how fast your internet connection is. The headers are
>> not small (ie:
>> pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-4-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-11_i386.deb
>> Size: 276494)
>
> The whole process of getting rid of drivers installed with nvidia-installer and
> installing them back from debian's packages (just to remind: had to build the
> nvidia kernel module as I've been installing from 'experimental') took me
> about 3 hours because of my crappy inet connection (don't ask how slow
> it is...).
> With fast inet connection I think it would take not more than 20 minutes
> (including the time for reading the guide and such).
That was my point. Sometimes we with fast internet trivialize
installing packages. It takes me all of 6 seconds to grab the headers,
while my next-door neighbor takes an hour.
I honestly think that doing a clean install is faster than trying to
remove some things like that when only a slow internet is available (or
none at all). But then you have to spend all the time customizing it
again (unless you separate out some partitions and/or have backups you
can restore).
I suppose it all has to do with how much customizing one has done.
Joe
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