-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 26 November 2002 4:04 am, Faheem Mitha wrote: > On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:54:29 -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have searched (Google & these archives) for several hours seeking a > > debian specific howto for nvidia drivers. I found some rather stale > > stuff, but nothing specific to Debian stable (Woody). I searched > > debianplanet and debianhelp too. > > > > I have attached a small piece of the nvidia readme. What I would like to > > know is if there is a better way other than "make install". > > > > Should I forget about trying for a debian way and just follow the readme? > > > > What about removing mesa (mesag3-glide2)? If I were to remove this, apt > > will simply remove everything related to x (second attachment): > > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 172 to remove and 0 not > > upgraded. > > > > Tips would be very helpful. If possible, please CC me in your replies. > > I did this once. You will need the packages > > nvidia-glx-src - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver > nvidia-kernel-src - NVIDIA binary kernel module > > You'll need to know a little bit about kernel compilation, and
I don't know why - I used these packages to build .debs for the driver modules by just downloading the kernel-headers package that corresponds to the debian binary kernel that I have installed (2.4.19-k7). Once you have installed these two packages /usr/share/doc/<package name> gives full instructions on what to do next. Follow what it says and get perfect working nvidia modules. You have to remember to change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to use driver nvidia rather than driver nv in the appropriate section. - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE95R3duFHxcV2FFoIRAo0vAJ99WusnWdVH+VPmxOFbu9Tbf2Zj1QCgiYju VZ6u7ab92ZyoU8MJnAcfdNw= =vra3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
