Re: Switching to NVIDIA
On 2011-02-19 11:59:38, Frank McCormick wrote:
> I am running Sid, and have just switched my video from Intel on-board
> to a NVIDIA based GE 5200.
>
> Now I am thoroughly confused about how to install NVIDIAs driver.
> I DL'ed the latest run file from Nvidia.com, now when I attempt to
> get it to install the proper module(s), it tells me I need the
> kernel source. Doing an aptitude search for kernel turns up a lot
> of nvidia-related files (including module sources and binary modules)
> but no kernel source.
> Am I barking up the wrong tree?
Install the linux-headers-$version package if you want to use the
NVIDIA installer.
/Allan
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