On 2010-03-16 17:14 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: > On 3/16/2010 11:07 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2010-03-16 16:35 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: > >>> A real problem is that Debian is not compatible with the proprietary >>> driver. Routine system maintenance overwrites files and ruins >>> configurations, requiring reconfiguration. The proprietary driver is >>> not packaged like a regular Debian package, and is not installed "in >>> the Debian Way". This has up to now been mostly harmless, but things >>> could be better. >> >> Why not use nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-source from non-free which >> _are_ available as regular Debian packages? They do not suffer from the >> problems that you describe here. > > > They suffer from other problems. The main one being that they are > usually uninstallable. At least, in my experience, > apt/aptitude/Synaptic refuse to install it.
Because there is usually no pre-built kernel module¹; you have to build one yourself, e.g. with module-assistant: # aptitude install nvidia-kernel-source # m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source # aptitude install nvidia-glx Sven ¹ Yes, this sucks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tysg2p7c....@turtle.gmx.de
