Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates
15/05/2011 10:37, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 May 2011 14:23:19 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote:
>
>> I have a system with a fixed hardware config over the last two years
>> that I have kept current with testing through that time. Yesterday's
>> update/dist-upgrade/reboot results in a blank screen when launching X.
>
> (...)
>
> Just a quick note on nvidia (or ati) proprietary drivers: they need the
> corresponding kernel version package.
>
> If you installed the driver from Debian non-free, you'll need the
> matching versions of "nvidia-glx-*" and "nvidia-common-*".
>
> If you compiled the driver downloaded from nvidia site, you'll need the
> matching kernel headers package for your current kernel version.
>
> Greetings,
>
Today dkms simplifies a lot the module management, just go with the
(nvidia|fglrx)-(kernel|modules)-dkms packages together with the
(fglrx|nvidia)-glx that goes with and it does the version magic for you,
even with custom kernels. That is, when everything goes according to plan...
As you said kernel-headers are required (dkms only "recommends" them).
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