On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Mathieu Malaterre < mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:34:53 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote: > > > >> There are many ways to get a nvidia vga device running in debian. But > >> wich one is the debian way? > >> I tried different ways, bu i get different errormessages and > >> graphicerrors. I want to try an "official" way to install a NV FX 5200 > >> befeore i create bugreports. > >> > >> Where can i find the latest howto about the nv installation with 3d > >> support? (...and dualhead viewport) > > > > I installed nvidia from Debian "non-free" repo by following these > > instructions: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > > I think those instructions are deprecated. If you are using current > non-free you have to do something like: > > apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms > > It should automatically build the latest nvidia driver for your running > kernel. > > HTH > -- > Mathieu > > > > That's exactly what I've been wanting for a long time. Though one should note that in addition to installing that, it is also necessary to install nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-ia32.
