Re: Switching to NVIDIA

[Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:11:29 +0000 (UTC)
Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:59:38 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
> 
> > I am running Sid, and have just switched my video from Intel on-board to
> > a NVIDIA based GE 5200.
> > 
> > Anyone have a link to a good tutorial?
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
> 

  Thanks. Had a look at it, but got a little confused after reading
a page or two :)



> *But* if your card is a GeForce FX 5200, you may need the "legacy" version 
> of the drivers (173.14.28).

  That's what I dl'ed from Nvidia.com

> 
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.28/README/index.html
> 
> Anyway, have you tried first with "nouveau"?

  That's the first thing I tried . Seemed to be OK, but a little on
the slow side compared with my on-board Intel video. But that could
have been an illusion.

After I posted to the list I found
http://linuxinside.blogspot.com/2008/03/debian-nvidia-drivers.html

I used that method, which for me worked perfectly.
But I know understand using the DebianWiki way might have been
better in the long run - seems simpler after a Kernel update ???

Thanks- I have bookmarked all the sites.




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-- Frank --