[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello fellow Debian Users! > > I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to give > it a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now, but I > went ahead and downloaded the net install and got it installed. > > However, my previous Linux encounters were just tests and never lasted > longer than two weeks. My goal is to migrate over to Linux and start doing > 90% of my work on Linux (the other 10% requires Windows). > > But during this migration over, I've hit a brick wall. I need to get my > NVIDIA drivers installed. I've figured out after 100 searches what to do > and found a person with the exact same problem as me. I unfortunately lost > the link, but I did manage to scribble down some instructions. > > Here's my problem: I need to get the kernel source to get the NVIDIA > drivers in. I'm using Debian 3.1, the latest. > > Thanks for any help. I've found myself going in circles on the net trying > to get these drivers installed! > > Best regards, > > Travis Newton > >
Others have pointed out excellent links. In short, here are the steps: 1. Make sure you have nvidia-kernel-common (and I think nvidia-glx). Just make sure the versions of both are same. On my Testing machine, I have: ii nvidia-glx 1.0.7174-4 ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-1-686 1.0.7174-4+2.6.15-4 ii nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1 ii nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.7174-4 ii nvidia-settings 1.0+20051122-1 2. as root, do $> module-assistant auto-install nvidia ( If you have the required headers, this will go ahead, otherwise it will suggest you run: $> module-assistant prepare first, and then to run $> module-assistant auto-install nvidia ) If all goes well, you would have installed the required nvidia kernel module. then just load the module: $> modprobe nvidia and set up your Xorg.conf file accordingly (so that it knows to load nvidia module) as explained in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz file. good luck, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
