Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]
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On 01/24/08 18:58, Jimmy Wu wrote:
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> Now, on to a solution. The unstable nvidia-glx does support my card,
> but I want to run the stable distribution. I know there are ways to
> configure apt/aptitude/sources.lst to have a mixed system, but is
> going through that worth it for just one package from the unstable
> distribution? (I'm avoiding the Nvidia installation script because I
> want to do this the "debian way" - it seems "cleaner" and has the
> added advantage of being integrated into the package management
> system.)
You could get the unstable nvidia-glx source package and build it
using Stable tools. Might not work, though, because the latest
nvidia drivers are built with modern tool versions.
I'd suggest moving up to Lenny/testing.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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