On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens <carlosw...@gmail.com> wrote: > For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for > installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by > other distributions I should only use their respected package manager > to use the nvidia drivers listed in their repository and avoid using > the binary I downloaded from nVidia's site because this would cause > problems. Do you have any suggestions about downloading the installer > direct from nVidia and installing it manually rather than using > 'Apt-Get'? > > Thanks for any info! > >
The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues. In debian we use module-assistant to install things such as this. You can find a detailed guide specific to nvidia drivers here: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers -- Jordan Metzmeier -- 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/50e5edd51003300810u443f1e1ei48b43da872861...@mail.gmail.com