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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

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because I hate vegetables!"
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