Yes, the Nvidia driver _needs_ Xfree 4. I don't know for sure about running X4 w/ potato, but I think that at least some packages will need to be upgraded, browse the archives I think I heard things about it...
Anyway, if you're ready for a big update the debian way is to point apt-get to testing and to apt-get task-x-window-system-core which should download and set everything up fine. The one problem I had was that /usr/bin/X11/X didn't point to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 , but was rather the old executable 3.3.6 I'm not sure that it has been settled, so I mention it in case startx acts funny. Good Luck, Romain On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Dr. Aldo Medina wrote: > Romain Lerallut wrote: > > > > I had problems with sending mails yesterday so I'm re-sending it. > > My apologies if it _did_ get through the first time > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > Hi all ! > > > > I saw a post questioning about Nvidia drivers,and debs.I have not seen any > > .debs of Nvidia's drivers, but the new tgz ones from www.nvidia.com work > > like a charm. (new = January 18th 2001) > > > > INCLUDING WITH KERNEL 2.4 !!! > > > > There here: > > http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html > > > > the FAQ is quite good , so you shouldn't have any problem getting X to > > work with the Nvidia driver. > > > > For compiling OpenGL stuff, like Kristian Rink said a while ago, > > check out the Howto for Nvidia and OpenGL there: > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/index.html > > > > May ye all have fun with accelerated X, > > Romain > > I believe this drivers are for XFree 4, how can I use them with a potate > system?. Or is there any painless way to upgrade to XFree4 > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
