Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500: solved !
'lo
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Andrei Popescu<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu,02.Jul.09, 23:15:27, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Andrei Popescu<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 15:27:09, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> >> After loosing hours on this I gave up and use the official nvidia.sh
>> >> installer which work out perfectly.
>> >
>> > Too bad you weren't pacient enough:
>> >
>> > 1. Install nvidia-kernel-source and the linux-headers package for your
>> > current kernel
>
> ... and module-assistant
>
>> > 2. run as root: 'm-a a-i nvidia'
>> > 3. install nvidia-glx
>> > 4. edit xorg.conf
>>
>> Sorry I wasn't clear but I also tried that. I think the root problem
>> is that I could only get to 173.14.09-5, while I would have needed
>> something closer to 185.18.14-1. Unfortunately this was pulling way
>> too much junk I did not care about (what is openvz anyway ?).
>
> That's probably because you tried to install nvidia-glx first (step 3).
> In testing and unstable there is no nvidia-kernel-<kernel-version>
> package, you have to build it yourself (step. 1 and 2)
Ok I had to change my apt/preferences just during the m-a steps (how
do I specify that otherwise ?).
I followed the step by step guide:
http://desiato.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html
During Step 4: Building and installing the nvidia kernel module you
really want to make sure to have:
-----------------------------------------
$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
...
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600
-----------------------------------------
Which properly pulls the nvidia-glx 185.18.14-1 I wanted.
$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
nvidia-glx:
Installed: 185.18.14-1
Candidate: 185.18.14-1
Version table:
*** 185.18.14-1 0
100 http://ftp.fr.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
173.14.09-5 0
500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages
200 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/non-free Packages
> P.S. No need to CC me, I'm subscribed
If I hit 'reply' only your email shows up, so I definitely need to hit
'reply all'. This should not be a problem as gmail is merging both
-identical- email, right ?
Thanks,
--
Mathieu
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