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Re: Trying to install nvidia-settings



Ah, yes that's worked perfectly.

Thanks
James

On 27 February 2015 at 16:46, Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
 Hi.

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:34:03 +0000
James Allsopp <jamesaallsopp@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to install nvidia-settings but I'm not sure which option to use.
> I don't want to break anything or leave the system in a bit of a mess.
> Here's what happens,
> james@Hawaiian:~$ sudo aptitude install nvidia-settings
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libxnvctrl0{a} nvidia-settings pkg-config{a}
> 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 68 not upgraded.
> Need to get 907 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,927 kB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  nvidia-alternative : Breaks: nvidia-settings (< 319.49) but 304.88-1 is to
> be installed.

Apparently you have nvidia-glx installed from the backports.
So, correct way to install nvidia-settings would be

sudo aptitude -t wheezy-backports install nvidia-settings

Reco


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