On 06/10/2015 06:06 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Wednesday 10 June 2015 23:01:06 Ric Moore wrote:On 06/10/2015 05:44 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:On Wednesday 10 June 2015 22:39:36 Ric Moore wrote:On 06/10/2015 03:45 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. - NickThank 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), andI don't think that will work. Try using nvidia-settings.I was obviously very lucky. I did what it said on the NVidia site and the thing Just Worked. ;-)You ran nvidia-xconfig then? RicSorry, I don't remember. It was over two years ago and I'm not getting any younger. (Who is, pray??) I just did what I was told. I do sometimes. ;-) And it worked.
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