Re: nvidia again looking for howto
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM, James Stuckey <jhstuckey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Mathieu Malaterre
> <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 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
>>
>> I think those instructions are deprecated. If you are using current
>> non-free you have to do something like:
>>
>> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms
>>
>> It should automatically build the latest nvidia driver for your running
>> kernel.
>>
>> HTH
>> --
>> Mathieu
>>
>>
>>
>
> That's exactly what I've been wanting for a long time. Though one should
> note that in addition to installing that, it is also necessary to install
> nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-ia32.
On a related note, I manage to shoot myself in the foot by installing
nvidia-glx from stable. Make sure to take exactly the same version.
--
Mathieu
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