Installing from Backports (Was: INTEL HD Graphics)
On 11/12/14, Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> wrote:
>
> However, in wheezy-backports there are some updated drivers that will
> *probably* work with your graphics card, but I haven't tested it.
>
> So basically, you could try to
>
> 1. Activate backports
> <http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/>
> 2. apt-get update
> 3. apt-get -t wheezy-backports install [desired package]
>
> (Disclaimer: Untested.)
Thank you, Christian! You just short tracked something on my to-do
list, and that was to research how to test drive this occasionally
mentioned "backports".. Plucking your comment out of the stream for
others, for primarily new users for whom this might save some
headaches pretty quick...
Or as the disclaimer implies... possibly *not* :)
That handy, cognitively friendly link again:
http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
If anyone has any negative feedback regarding backports, please do
share, most particularly if you have helpful workarounds that
corrected whatever issue you ran into...
On a side note and intended as another tip for newcomers here: I
almost messed up just now.. I started to start a new thread by simply
replying to Christian's comment then changing the subject line.. In
highly technical circles, that's a #FAIL. Email clients (software)
often just treat that as a continuation of the old thread.
Translation: That's a good way to get grumbled at on occasion.. The
quick fix there is to start a completely new email then copy-paste
from the old one if needed to begin your new thread.. :)
Happy Debian'ing out there! :)
Cindy
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Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
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