Re: xserver-xorg under lenny: SOLVED

[steef <debian.linux@home.nl>]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Fri December 19 2008, steef wrote:
>   
> > .......thanks for your answer. must be dumb today. where do i find the
> > *package* sgfxi?
> >     
>
> it is down in the web page I sent in the last email:
>
> Script download / install
> Download the sgfxi script here or just run the following command string as 
> root user in terminal/console [recommended]:
>
> :: Code ::
> cd /usr/local/bin;wget -Nc smxi.org/sgfxi;chmod +x sgfxi;sgfxi
> # for help, or lists of available drivers etc, do:
> sgfxi -h
>
>
> ----------
> so yo first cd to that folder, /usr/local/bin then run the command:
> wget -Nc smxi.org/sgfxi;chmod +x sgfxi;sgfxi
>
>
>
>   
> > nothing turned up when i did:  *apt-cache search sgfxi*
> >
> > (i did find a lot of explanation/script, googling)
> >
> > reg.,
> > steef
> >
> > Paul Cartwright wrote:
> >     
> > > On Thu December 18 2008, steef wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >       
> > > > i never understood the necessity of this modernistic magical behavior of
> > > > xserver-xorg. i should love to have back the old days when
> > > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg most times made screen-adaptions possible
> > > > without problems. maybe an advice for the highly respected developers??
> > > >    
> > > >         
> > > I have a Dell with NVIDIA card, and it has always driven me crazy when I
> > > had to update the kernel, or re-do the driver. Until...
> > > http://techpatterns.com/forums/about933.html
> > >
> > > sgfxi -c
> > >       
>
>
>
>   
hi paul,

the wget_script you sent me did the job. so the nvidia-driver 177&& 
works now fine under lenny.

thank you for your esteemed answer and your patience.

regards,

steef


[ps
apologize for earlier topposting!
(another, fermers_via campesina_list insists on topposting. my fault here)]


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