Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI

["Nick T." <nick@ncktsp.com>]

Try adding nomodeset to the boot command if its not already there, I had 
to add that to make the driver work.

- Nick

On 06/10/2015 10:45 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <nick@ncktsp.com> wrote:
> > Oops, forgot to cc in the mailing list.
> >
> > - Nick
> >
> > On 06/10/2015 09:19 PM, Nick T. wrote:
> > > Install build-essential it should contain all the packages necessary
> > > to install the driver.
> > > Also you might want to install dkms if you don't want to reinstall the
> > > driver after every kernel update.
> > >
> > > - Nick
>
>
> Thank you for that.
>
> The driver installation appears to have subsequently succeeded.
>
> However, after rebooting, the system still does not see the external
> monitor (using System -> Preferences -> Monitors), and
>
> "
> :~# lspci -nn | grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device
> [8086:0416] (rev 06)
> "
>
> So, the driver appears to be installed, but not implemented.