Re: install proprietary nvidia driver without xorg.conf?
Michael M. Moore wrote:
> I thought I'd try the proprietary nvidia driver (currently using 'nv'),
> so I've been reading through the how-to on the wiki here:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
>
> I'm a little concerned, though, that it might be out-of-date (for one,
> because it keeps talking about Etch), especially given the changes in
> xorg. Specifically, step 3:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#ConfigureXtousethenvidiadriver
>
> It says for Lenny you have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to load "glx"
> module and remove "dri" or "GLCore" modules, under the "Module" section;
> and that you need to change the driver (from "nv" to "nvidia") under the
> "Device" section.
>
> My xorg.conf has no module section and the "Device" section is only:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> I thought HAL had taken over some of the functions formerly handled in
> xorg.conf, but there's no mention of that on the wiki doc.
>
> So what exactly is the procedure for installing the proprietary driver
> now?
For me, on Testing, it was 'aptitude install nvidia-glx'. That was it. Oh,
wait, maybe I had to run 'nvidia-xconfig', but that was definitely _it_. I
absolutely, positively, did not have to edit any config files.
--
J
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