Re: nvidia drivers on debian

[Bernd Kloss <b_kloss@web.de>]

Am Mittwoch, 12. März 2008 05:59 schrieb Jan Brosius:
> Hello,
>
> I have installed debian 4.0 r3 on my desktop.
> I would like to install the nvidia driver the debian way. Is there any
> easy way
> (as it is in fedora) to do this.
>
> Also what do I have to do if my xserver crashes. Fedora automatically
> restarts the x server with the nv driver.
>
> Thanks for any help
> Jan

Hello,

aptitude?

ii  nvidia-glx           1.0.8776-4           NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver

ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6-k7 1.0.8776+6etch2      NVIDIA binary kernel module for 
2.6 series compiled for

ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.18 1.0.8776+6etch2      NVIDIA binary kernel module for 
Linux 2.6.18-6-k7

ii  nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1           NVIDIA binary kernel module 
common files

ii  nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.8776-4           NVIDIA binary kernel module 
source

ii  nvidia-settings      1.0+20060516-3       Tool of configuring the NVIDIA 
graphics driver

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf replace
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
"nvidia" by "nv" ?

Greetings
Bernd