Re: Nvidia Geforce GT 520

[richard <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:22:49 +0100
Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> wrote:

> richard writes:
> 
> > If you want to install it the debian way read this:-
> > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
> >
> > If you want to install the nvidia way  read this lifted from:-
> > Debian - NVIDIA drivers quick and easy tutorial about how to install NVIDIA
> > drivers as simply as possible.
> 
> Hi Richard,
> 
> I don't know why they still call this the 'Debian way'. Nowadays you can
> just use
> 
> apt-get install nvidia-glx
> 
> as root, and that's it. No need to compile kernel modules or having to
> update them every kernel update, the package already uses DKMS for this.
> 

I posted that  as Arno has little understanding of how things work, It woolly
but understandable for  newbies, I hope.
He has mailed me direct saying he does not understand the postings.
I'm also guess he has some old books probably dating from Debian 5 :)

-- 
Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown

e-mail: richard@g8jvm.com   or   richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk

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