On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 01:41:20PM +0200, Roger Price wrote: [...] > Synaptic now finds nvidia-settings, but wants 72 other packages to be > loaded, including gcc which I took as a health and safety warning. This is DKMS [1]: NVIDIA's kernel module isn't GPL compatible (but the GPL allows you, the end user, to compile whatever you like). So DKMS goes and compiles the kernel module in your box at package install for you. That's what gcc is for. Somewhere between magic and alien tech, if you ask me :-D Cheers [1] https://wiki.debian.org/KernelDKMS -- t
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