Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI
On 06/10/2015 02:00 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
I do not know why the hardware manufacturers make getting their
hardware operational, so difficult.
Are you using the nvidia run-file install or the non-free Debian nvidia
installer? In the case of the run-file, it must have it's tools. Yes,
you can safely ignore gcc version. There's plenty of how-to's with cut
and paste command line instructions to go either way.
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
Works a charm and will auto-update as needed. Ric
Add "contrib" and "non-free" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for
example:
# Debian 8 "Jessie"
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
Update the list of available packages. Install the appropriate
linux-headers and kernel module packages:
# aptitude update
# aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,')
nvidia-kernel-dkms
This will also install the recommended nvidia-driver package. DKMS will
build the nvidia module for your system. (nvidia-xconfig as root)
Create an Xorg server configuration file.
Restart your system to enable the nouveau blacklist.
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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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