Re: nvidia again looking for howto

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:34:53 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote:

> There are many ways to get a nvidia vga device running in debian. But
> wich one is the debian way?
> I tried different ways, bu i get different errormessages and
> graphicerrors. I want to try an "official" way to install a NV FX 5200
> befeore i create bugreports.
> 
> Where can i find the latest howto about the nv installation with 3d
> support? (...and dualhead viewport)

I installed nvidia from Debian "non-free" repo by following these 
instructions:

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

Just note that Debian packages for nvidia are a bit "outdated" so if you 
are using a brand-new card, you may experience some problems when using 
old drivers.

For setting up "twinview" (dual displays) I had to Google a bit to find 
the right values to put in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón