Re: SOLVED Re: getting very hacked off debian-nimby
On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:39:57 +0200
Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sb, 31 dec 11, 10:55:04, Richard wrote:
> > >
> > The upgrade does not leave the installed nvidia 290 intact NAUGHTY !
> > the proprietary Nvidia driver has to be reloaded.
>
> I'm guessing you are not using the Debian packaged nvidia driver,
> otherwise you wouldn't get such issues.
>
> More generally, whenever you install things outside Debian's package
> management you have to be prepared to fix things on the next upgrade.
>
> This is not to say that Debian's package management is flawless, but
> must of the upgrade bugs are caught before the release (usually even
> before testing migration).
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
Hi Andrei
I did try within debian package management, But I could not get it to function, hence the fallback to
the Nvidia proprietary driver.
IF it would help get the debian packages to work, I could un-install the proprietary driver and try again
with the debian packages.
--
Happy New Year
Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown
e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com or richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk
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